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Walking Fish
A Quirk of Fate, A Journey Begins
Talia, an eccentric artist, lives in the quaint town of Corrales, New Mexico with her partner, Renie. For the past twenty years on December 15, Talia has lit a candle to mark the day she had to leave California to start a new life, leaving behind her five year old daughter, Sophie. But, through a quirk of fate, Talia is catapulted into an unfolding saga that compels her to revisit her unconventional past, revealing truths that change the lives of everyone involved. This provocative, emotionally charged novel delves into the inner worlds of people grappling with painful paradoxes of life, and like the walking fish, they must find ways to adapt in order to survive. PRAISE for Walking Fish ! I savored the complex and surprising inter-relationships of these families, each unusual (but believable), as the characters, risking the dangers of change and the necessity of testing experiences move out of their native elements to find ultimately satisfying resolutions where doors are open into the new and unfamiliar. Phyllis Hoge Thompson, poet, and author of The Painted Memoirs Of A New Mexico Ghost Town Bride. - Joanne Bodin's tale of a woman reinventing herself and taking charge of her life, is a balm for the soul. Sean Murphy, author of The Hope Valley Hubcap King and The Time of New Weather. www.murphyzen.com.
Talia, an eccentric artist, lives in the quaint town of Corrales, New Mexico with her partner, Renie. For the past twenty years on December 15, Talia has lit a candle to mark the day she had to leave California to start a new life, leaving behind her five year old daughter, Sophie. But, through a quirk of fate, Talia is catapulted into an unfolding saga that compels her to revisit her unconventional past, revealing truths that change the lives of everyone involved. This provocative, emotionally charged novel delves into the inner worlds of people grappling with painful paradoxes of life, and like the walking fish, they must find ways to adapt in order to survive. PRAISE for Walking Fish ! I savored the complex and surprising inter-relationships of these families, each unusual (but believable), as the characters, risking the dangers of change and the necessity of testing experiences move out of their native elements to find ultimately satisfying resolutions where doors are open into the new and unfamiliar. Phyllis Hoge Thompson, poet, and author of The Painted Memoirs Of A New Mexico Ghost Town Bride. - Joanne Bodin's tale of a woman reinventing herself and taking charge of her life, is a balm for the soul. Sean Murphy, author of The Hope Valley Hubcap King and The Time of New Weather. www.murphyzen.com.
210 pages, Paperback
First published September 29, 2010
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About the author
Joanne Bodin
4 books1 followerJoanne Bodin, Ph.D., is a retired teacher of the gifted in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She received her doctorate from the University of New Mexico in CIMTE (Curriculum Instruction and Multicultural Teacher Education). She is on the boards of Southwest Writers and the New Mexico Orchid Guild. Her interests include watercolor painting, playing jazz piano, and writing. WALKING FISH is her debut novel."
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January 7, 2024
A book of an age, serendipitously strange that the story followed so many travels, ideas, book/music/location references and actions of my own life. Although I am a straight woman, it points to how life gives simular experiences to humans regardless of sexual orientation. Life is life...funny that!
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