By Jr. George G. Suggs
human spirit. Hugh in “The Moonshiner,” Maggie in
“The Fight,” and George in “The Drunkard” express remarkable
courage while dealing with actual risk. Myra Lu in “Dyin’ on Time”
and John in “The misplaced summer season” display admirable endurance
when dealing with adversity. In “Talking to the useless” and “The
Strange Requests,” the Reverends Calahan and Hester
struggle opposed to superstition and disbelief. Zack in “The
Chicken Thieves” discovers that crime doesn’t pay.
And characters in “Grandma Excie’s Exit,” “Summer Porch
Talk,” “The Prayers” and different tales confront life’s complexities
of disappointment, pleasure, humor, discomfort and dying. The environment for these
stories: southeastern North Carolina. The time: the depression
decade of the thirties."
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