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In the short stories, The Crazy Jug, The Pink Victorian Lady, Frogs,
Gnomes, Hikers and Bottle Miners, The Conjurer, and The Rescue, Gert
Carver and Nina Westacott meet an eclectic variety of characters as they
trade-off collectibles and old bottles at flea markets and solve gentle
mysteries involving neighbors, relatives, past students, farmers and
hicks in and around the upstate New York community of Indian Falls. Gert
and Nina are likeable protagonists, and Patricia Crandall has revealed a
life unknown to most city dwellers.
The following is a quote from a
past review in the New York Times Sunday Review of books: "In the wake
of 9/11 (and the terror attacks that have followed; e.g. Aurora, Boston
and others too numerous to mention), Americans seem to crave the
reassurance of straightforward tales about good people trying to live
good lives, who believe in love and friendship, work and honor and
charity, the prosaic but immense forces that dignify most of our lives."
Beachfront Press publisher, Peter David Orr, says, "Author, Patricia
Crandall, has whipped up some real, down-home cooking, brimming with
friendship, and served with three sides of simple adventure." Join
additional down-to-earth folk in their pursuits for justice and
happiness: Clive Mason in The Willowbrook Inn, Julie Keel in The Wedding
Reception, Federal Agent Tony Barlow in The Bogus Man, Lew Golden in
Not Suitable Viewing for Children, Hattie Perkins, a.k.a. Tia Gale in
Love Interlude and, Maya Bull in A Catty Arrangement. All things
considered, you are guaranteed a good read.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Patricia Crandall is the author of The Dog Men, a tale of animal
abuse and rescue; Melrose, Then and Now, a local history; Tales of an
Upstate New York Bottle Miner; and a book of poetry, entitled, Passed
This Way. She lives with her husband, Art, at Babcock Lake in the
Grafton Mountains near Petersburgh, New York.
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I love reading short stories and like the capers of Gert and Nina.
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