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A collection of stories that includes the novella-length La Posada, the story of a group of Mexican-American farmworkers in the Salinas Valley of California who defy their corporate bosses to form a union and create their own farming cooperative. Other stories deal with the pain of adolescent love, rural eccentrics of the South and the death of a loved one.
The fire that drives creativity sometimes kills artists, as John Preston learns in his rollicking journey across America in search of his own soul. From Hells Angels to Indian uprisings to romance on the run, his journey takes him deeper into the creative process and a connection with all humanity.
Shenandoah is a multi-generational story of two Virginia families--the MacAlpines and Ballantines--in the fi rst half of the 20th Century. Through the lenses of heredity and environment, the novel examines how human evolution slowly progresses by the combination, recombination and reappearance of traits. Randolph MacAlpine, scion of these two families, personifi es this process of change. Within this seemingly random variation, there is an order and pattern beneath the surface of the human struggles of war, adversity, the drive to procreate and ultimately to transcend. Above all, the human soul is ever at the center of this evolutionary unfolding.
Peter Danforth discovers the intersection between physical death and spiritual transformation after the death of his daughter. Through acceptance of a higher power, his journey takes him from alcoholism, loss and suffering to serenity and the ability to release his ties to "the world." What Death Can Touch is a manifesto that proclaims death to be only the beginning of an unimaginable, strange new journey. I read this in two sittings. What Death Can Touch is the engaging story of a journalist who fights against alcoholism and the grief that follows the shattering loss of his daughter. We follow the inner and outer life of newspaperman Peter Danforth from his struggles in California to a surprising climax in the Pacific Northwest. A great read. Geoff Baxter, San Francisco.
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