Rainswept and Other Stories

An old woman anxiously awaits a visit from her son who she fears is planning to move her into a nursing home. A young parole officer is trapped in his elderly parolees apartment during the Watts Riots. A young minister discovers that he is in love with his church organist. A physical therapist organizes a meaningful response for New Yorkers following the September eleventh attack. And an aging wannabe sports hero is pitching a game for the ages.These and more than a dozen other tales make up this collection. Some of the stories are true either memoir or biography; others are fiction. Some reflect life lives the reader can easily relate to. Others are more fanciful: a story of the end of a perfect marriage; or an adventure from the perspective of a cat. And finally several short shots look at real life from a variety of views. Surely there will be something of interest for the most discriminating of readers in this collection of tales.