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Shattered Windows
74 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2024
About the author
Deborah L. Fruchey
21 books13 followersDeborah Fruchey was born in California over 50 years ago. Her first novel, The Unwilling Heiress, was chosen as a Best Book by the American Bookseller's Association in 1987. She has attended several colleges just for fun, never earning a degree, and has worked at everything from international banking to selling light bulbs over the phone.
In 2005 Deborah married musician Robert Hamaker, and settled in as a full time author. She no longer knows why she bothered with anything else in the first place. She also speaks for the National Alliance of Mental Illness in their In Our Own Voice program, as a result of her own experience with Bipolar Disorder.
Her newest joy is publishing the books of other worthy authors with her micro-press, Last Laugh Productions, at www.lastlaughproductions.org
In 2005 Deborah married musician Robert Hamaker, and settled in as a full time author. She no longer knows why she bothered with anything else in the first place. She also speaks for the National Alliance of Mental Illness in their In Our Own Voice program, as a result of her own experience with Bipolar Disorder.
Her newest joy is publishing the books of other worthy authors with her micro-press, Last Laugh Productions, at www.lastlaughproductions.org
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April 14, 2024
This book of 26 micro-fictions looks at everyday life, zeroes in on the kaleidoscope of daily moments and puts the ordinary in a fresh frame of understanding that grabs at our heart.
Beautiful writing about the simply ordinary is so good to read, as in the delightful letter to a dear couch, suggesting they break up for a bit, or a short tale of a big family trying to sleep among snores in an RV. Every one of these mini stories left me seeing an ordinary daily scene under new light, thinking new thoughts, and wanting to read more.
No wasted words, no long build-up, just finding depth in small moments, perhaps as a snake, or a wife glad her husband found her when she had given up, or a daughter remembering her mother's dress, or a child fearful of punishment. Some celebrate, some hurt, some just tell how an experience felt or what to do with a leaf. They all made me want to re-read.
A story that renders what the pain mountain is like, what grief is like, what a bus ride to the end of line is like, what love is like. The micro-fictions are windows into another life, not described but felt.
These are stories so rich in their few words that describing them is hopeless, you really must read them. They deserve a much wider audience!
Beautiful writing about the simply ordinary is so good to read, as in the delightful letter to a dear couch, suggesting they break up for a bit, or a short tale of a big family trying to sleep among snores in an RV. Every one of these mini stories left me seeing an ordinary daily scene under new light, thinking new thoughts, and wanting to read more.
No wasted words, no long build-up, just finding depth in small moments, perhaps as a snake, or a wife glad her husband found her when she had given up, or a daughter remembering her mother's dress, or a child fearful of punishment. Some celebrate, some hurt, some just tell how an experience felt or what to do with a leaf. They all made me want to re-read.
A story that renders what the pain mountain is like, what grief is like, what a bus ride to the end of line is like, what love is like. The micro-fictions are windows into another life, not described but felt.
These are stories so rich in their few words that describing them is hopeless, you really must read them. They deserve a much wider audience!
August 15, 2024
I loved this book.
It is often sad, but luckily not always.
I am a fast reader, so I really had to read the stories when I had little time: I like to read short stories one at a time.
My absolute favorite was Cycle Suit - a Tribute. I like so much love, being told so nicely.
It is often sad, but luckily not always.
I am a fast reader, so I really had to read the stories when I had little time: I like to read short stories one at a time.
My absolute favorite was Cycle Suit - a Tribute. I like so much love, being told so nicely.
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