Butterflies or Tigers

Editorial Reviews - BUTTERFLIES OR TIGERS From the Publisher Like the author herself these improbable storiesdefy classification. Culled from ninety-one yearsof a rich and varied life they begin with a vividchildhood memory of a terrifying hurricane at seaduring her family's journey from Colombia to anew life in the U.S. What follows is a series ofdisparate tales that include:• Learning to cope with a free fall from suburbancomfort in New Jersey to Great Depression ruralpoverty in alligator-infested central Florida.• Having a mystical encounter in a sacred forest inAssisi Italy.• Being exposed to the subtleties of Earl Gray's teaViennese shtroodel and Bead a Meyer furnitureby a sophisticated Hungarian neighbor.• Causing a sudden mysterious drop in the birthratein a Mexican fi shing village.• Being rescued by a French taxi driver from takinga room in a Marseille port hotel popular with sailorsand their ladies of the night.• Enduring a hilarious seniors-only white-water raftingtrip on the Rogue River in Oregon.• Finding herself stark naked in a rehabilitationcenter shower with a rapt audience of twoattendants and a TV repair man.Through these and other experiences andadventures spanning ninety-one years Liza Tilsonopens her heart shares the good and the badthe funny and sad and shows what it means toembrace life and live it fully. Synopsis Like the author herself these improbable storiesdefy classification. Culled from ninety-one yearsof a rich and varied life they begin with a vividchildhood memory of a terrifying hurricane at seaduring her family's journey from Colombia to anew life in the U.S. What follows is a series ofdisparate tales that include:• Learning to cope with a free fall from suburbancomfort in New Jersey to Great Depression ruralpoverty in alligator-infested central Florida.• Having a mystical encounter in a sacred forest inAssisi Italy.• Being exposed to the subtleties