Summary
Mary Em Phillips has decided to end it all after losing her beloved Mamie, who raised her; her husband, Jack, who has left her for another woman; and her only son, Petey, who has died as a result of a freak bacterial infection. But when Mosely Albright, a black man from Chicago’s South Side, comes to her back door one morning needing a drink of water and seeking directions back to the train, her plans are derailed … to the chagrin of Mishigami (so named by the Ojibwe, also known as Lake Michi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781647423261 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1647423260 |
| Author: | Patricia Ricketts |
| Publisher: | She Writes Press |
| Imprint: | She Writes Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 296 |
| Release Date: | 3 May 2022 |
| Weight: | 388g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm |
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“Speed of Dark is a great read, a compelling tale, which examinesgrief and how humanity, hope, and kindness sometimes prevail againstall odds, with even the forces of nature lending a hand. Its wonderfullytextured prose will keep you turning pages.” —Steven A. Jones, producer/director of Mad Dog and Glory and The Harvest “I absolutely loved it! Such diverse characters come alive, their liveslinked in such intricate ways. Ricketts captures the ‘yin-yang’relationship between joy and sorrow, love and loss, gratitude and guilt.Wonderful insights.” —T.R. Kerth, author of Revenge of the Sardines and syndicated newspaper columnist The View from Planet Kerth in Naples, Florida, and Huntley, IL“What a complex story of these characters’ connection to each other andto the natural world! The dialogue is realistic and rich, Mary Em’sinner struggles are vividly compelling.” —Betsy White, Instagram’s @BiblioBetsy book reviewer and blogger
About The Author
Patricia Ricketts
Patricia Ricketts taught English for many years in Chicagoland and Kansas City school districts. She received a lifelong love of music, the written word, the visual arts, and healthy arguing from her Irish Catholic household. She has been penning essays, short stories, poems, and novels for most of her life; however, after receiving a scholarship to the University of Edinburgh for creative writing in 2010, her passion for writing escalated. Since then, she has had short stories published in New Directions, The Slate, Meta, The Blue Hour Magazine, and Realize Magazine, and on NPR’s “This I Believe” website. She is currently working on a new novel, tentatively titled The End of June. Ricketts raised two fine daughters and one stand-up son and has six beautiful grandchildren who all live in the Kansas City area. She lives with her partner, Peter Hurley, in Chicago.
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