I second Mary’s praise for Prickly Pears and its author. Anger perhaps, but depth definitely. Most of Isabelle’s short stories made you want to move on to the next one to see what else she had to say.
Just finished this delightful book of short stories. Isabelle has an uncanny knack for saying so much with so few words. Her intermingling of ordinary meaning with author's meaning for many words brought smiles, question marks, and bravos, to my mind throughout the book. A winner.
How rewarding for Mary to be not just writer but also teacher of writers and so valued by those she teaches. And Isabelle, to be able to write:
"And now, thanks to Mary, thanks to fiction, my mother probably comes out as a vase. Full of fragility, cracks, somewhat resilient, powerful, void of stems and petals but holding silence, the untold, the secrets"
Mary, you are truly generous with your time and your support has been key to get me writing and keep writing carrying the necessary tools along the way. Thank YOU xo
I second Mary’s praise for Prickly Pears and its author. Anger perhaps, but depth definitely. Most of Isabelle’s short stories made you want to move on to the next one to see what else she had to say.
Just finished this delightful book of short stories. Isabelle has an uncanny knack for saying so much with so few words. Her intermingling of ordinary meaning with author's meaning for many words brought smiles, question marks, and bravos, to my mind throughout the book. A winner.
How rewarding for Mary to be not just writer but also teacher of writers and so valued by those she teaches. And Isabelle, to be able to write:
"And now, thanks to Mary, thanks to fiction, my mother probably comes out as a vase. Full of fragility, cracks, somewhat resilient, powerful, void of stems and petals but holding silence, the untold, the secrets"
-- such writing is both your reward.
Mary, you are truly generous with your time and your support has been key to get me writing and keep writing carrying the necessary tools along the way. Thank YOU xo