Celia Hayes | April 29, 2009
“Sabine!” called Mama from the bottom of the garden where she was making soap on a mild spring day. Mama did not wish to bring the smell of wood-ash lye and tallow near to the house, or the heat of the fire that it bubbled over, “Will you bring me more wood now!?” “Yes, Mama,” [...]
Celia Hayes | April 29, 2009
Waiting for Spring – R.J. Keller
Tess Dyer not only waits for spring, she is waiting for much else, in this leisurely novel which explores various aspects of contemporary family and parenthood, love and community, and the impact on them of addictions (of various sorts) and self-destructive behavior. Tess’s mood is as bleak, her emotions as [...]
Celia Hayes | April 24, 2009
The title pretty much sums up the whole concept of this fish-out-of-water tale, of a big-city Jewish railroad detective plunked down in the middle of the post-Civil-War Wild West to investigate an elaborately-planned and lethal robbery of a mail trail with a lot of money on board. The year is 1870; the detective is David [...]
Celia Hayes | April 22, 2009
I succumbed to the blandishments of the overloaded bookshelves at Half-Price Books a couple of months ago, whilst getting a good price on some redundant DVDs. I just knew I shouldn’t have wandered into the section housing assortments of “Texiana” but I did and I was tempted. Since I can resist anything but temptation, [...]
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