When Elsa Sang The Blues

<p><em>When Elsa Sang The Blues</em> is a collection of fifteen moving stories of relationships: lovers family members friends colleagues in turbulent moments of explosive emotion; individuals striving for connections that often remain just beyond their grasp. Literary fiction short stories from award-winning author <strong>Lewis Bogaty</strong>.</p><p></p><p><strong>But Not For Me:</strong> Conflicting desires bring a passionate love affair to a sudden crossroad.</p><p></p><p><strong>Talya And Dolly's Comb:</strong> A young Asian girl uprooted by political conflict that shatters her family confronts abuse at home and bias at school. </p><p></p><p><strong>Unresolved Sexual Tension:</strong> An impulsive email begins a romance that threatens the foundation of a marriage.</p><p></p><p><strong>The Slugger And Henry Joraleman:</strong> A middle-aged corporate executive meets his childhood idol with disturbing results.</p><p></p><p><strong>Gridlock:</strong> As a lengthy transit strike creates chaos in the city an intriguing new lawyer creates chaos in a staid law firm.</p><p></p><p><strong>Abigail At Play:</strong> Two young professionals crash a Broadway show with an unexpected result.</p><p></p><p><strong>When Elsa Sang The Blues:</strong> A lifetime of botched relationships and wrong decisions haunts a college professor turned forty.</p><p></p><p>These and the other nine stories in this poignant collection some narrated by women and some by men plumb the depths of relationships.</p><p></p><p><em>Publishers Weekly Booklife</em><strong> Editor's Pick</strong>; <em>Kirkus</em><strong> Our Verdict: Get It</strong></p>