Bag Lady.Bag Lady Alethea Pascascio Queen Publications PO Box 496, Artioch, IL 60002 0977837777 $14.95 www.queenpublications.com The debut novel of poet and storyteller Alethea Pascascio, Bag Lady is a story of misfortune, hardship, and the search for redemption. Faith Donovan Don·o·van , William Joseph Known as "Wild Bill." 1883-1959. American army officer and public official who founded and directed (1942-1945) the Office of Strategic Services, an intelligence-gathering agency that was a forerunner of the CIA. is lady weighed down by emotional baggage--an unhappy childhood, host of poor choices in men leading to dead-end relationships, and two-failed marriages haunt haunt v. haunt·ed, haunt·ing, haunts v.tr. 1. To inhabit, visit, or appear to in the form of a ghost or other supernatural being. 2. her. At thirty years of age, her life seems to turn around as she meets Justin, a Central American Central America A region of southern North America extending from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia. It separates the Caribbean Sea from the Pacific Ocean and is linked to South America by the Isthmus of Panama. who helps her face her past and learn how to love herself. But even as she tries to extricate herself from her past, her sister's jealousy Jealousy See also Envy. Jesters (See CLOWNS.) adder’s tongue flower symbolizes jealousy. and rage threaten to pull her back in. A selection of fourteen discussion questions such as "How do characters change or evolve throughout the course of the story? What events trigger such changes?" enhance this cathartic cathartic (kəthär`tĭk): see laxative. tale of the painful process of self-transformation, highly recommended. |
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