Hindsight

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Joan Corwin's </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Hindsight </em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>is a magnificent achievement. With great artistry and an unerring eye Corwin weaves a richly hued and intricate tapestry of human experience in her collection of stories revolving around memory. The tales are as diverse and compelling as the characters who inhabit them transporting readers from the Ireland of a grandmother's youth through a loving husband's nightly forays into the past to the battlefields of World War I. This is an unforgettable collection you'll want to keep close to your heart. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Hindsight</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a treasure. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> -Barbara Froman author of </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Shadows and Ghosts</em></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Joan Corwin's </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Hindsight</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> is a treasure box. The stories are solid gems polished and brilliant-each finely wrought with painstaking research deft storytelling captivating original plots and vibrant characters who are brought to life on the page. Whether the writing is about the intricacies of war or the intimacies of love Corwin's bright prose always shines. Sublime.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>  -Ellen Wade Beals editor of </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Solace in So Many Words</em></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Corwin's masterfully crafted short stories explore the roles of memory storytelling and imagination in our lives and the shadowy realm of the mind where all three intersect. Where does so-called reality slip into fantasy and where does what is fabricated morph into what is recalled? And most importantly do we even need to tell the difference? Laced with subtle humor and often a touch of the macabre this important debut asks questions that will surprise and delight you. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> -Paula Peterson author of </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Penitent with Roses: An HIV Mother Reflects</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> and </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Women in the Grove: Stories</em></p><p></p><p></p>