Finessing for the Queen of Trumps

<p>The author has written these short stories over a number of years gleaning ideas from her own life and those of acquaintances. In Try Tying Twine a dying woman takes a trip into her past by visiting two old friends and an ex-husband as she attempts to weave together the elements of her life. In Williams the Great another woman discovers the answer to a long-standing mystery from her college days. An eminent federal judge in Kiss Your Ass Goodbye in his zeal for truth removes from his closest friend his final hope of survival.</p>