The Faded Tapestry

<p>From a mysterious fading historical tapestry to a fish that speaks to a confused grief-stricken boy author Christy Burkley offers wickedly comical tales of eccentrics who collide with the limits of reality in <i>The Faded Tapestry: A Collection of Short Stories</i>.</p> <p>In The Escape an old woman must find a way out of her miserable existence. At first she thought that living with her forty-seven-year-old daughter Virginia in St. Louis Missouri would be better than a nursing home but the brick apartment building where she now resides is no better than a prison cell. Her only wish is that she be buried in Tennessee a wish that her daughter deems too expensive.</p> <p>Mexican Invasion tells the story of May Sanderson a loyal cleaning lady for the well-to-do charitable Mrs. Taylor. May begins to have doubts when Mrs. Taylor brings a Mexican family on board to help revive the farm. When something bad happens to one of the children May isn't sure how to react.</p> <p>A compilation of eight fictional tales <i>The Faded Tapestry: A Collection of Short Stories</i> presents casts of characters who come alive through their words and actions.</p>