Charity will be reissued in 2011, but until then you can still find it used or in libraries.
I wove my fiction around some family stories my grandmother told me. In fact, Lena and Bill are based on my grandparents—loosely.
“Unusually satisfying…an engrossing mystery, a lovingly etched portrait of a community, and an appreciation for the moral resilience of strong women.” --Kirkus Reviews
“A mystery so delicate it feels like a poem, so piercing in its depiction of small-town life that it leaves the reader startled by its straightforward insights. One closes the book renewed. A debut to be heralded…highly recommended.” --Library Journal
Click the cover to find Charity new or used at Amazon.com
I am privileged to have had some of my work selected for the following anthologies.
Click on the covers if you’d like to order them from Amazon. But you don’t have to buy books. Check your local library. If they don’t have them, they could very likely order them through an interlibrary loan. Your librarian would love to help you.
In Dog Blessings I write about Zoë, a remarkable dog who was taken from a wild pack in Queens, adopted by my friend Erika, and who went on to became a therapy dog. This is her portrait. Her story is worth reading, as is this whole collection.
Audacious Creativity is a good bed-side table book for inspiration before retiring or a shot of creative juice to start your morning.
Beyond Lament is a collection of poetry about the Holocaust. Once you dip into this volume, you may want to order it for yourself.
After 9/11, my college sent out a query to all alumni living in New York to write their stories of that event. Here's mine. The number at the end, 6000, was what everyone thought the loss was at the time.
