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Fiction Short Stories (single Author)

The Whirlabout

by (author) J. Michael Fay

Publisher
Island Cat Editions
Initial publish date
Aug 2013
Category
Short Stories (single author)
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780987938565
    Publish Date
    Aug 2013
    List Price
    $2.99

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Description

The Whirlabout takes us back to America during the 1950s, when a quarter bought a movie ticket as well as a bag of popcorn, city neighbours gathered on front porches to listen to a ballgame on the radio while kids played in the street and, for an evening out, entire families climbed into their cars to go to the then-new drive-ins. Through innocent eyes, a young boy describes this time and place with precise detail and the memory of how he learned life's lessons through the example of his own solid father.

The Whirlabout is the second short story by J. Michael Fay to be ePublished as part of a series from IslandShorts.

 

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Editorial Reviews

With crisp details Fay vividly and movingly portrays the interplay between father and son. He quickly draws you into this quirky yet familiar world and builds to such a stunning heart-racing climax you won't forget it or the people he so marvellously renders.

 

Robert Hilles, author of Time Lapse, Partake and A Gradual Ruin