A Parting Glass: a novel - Softcover

Banion, Tess

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1941237134 ISBN 13: 9781941237137

Publisher: Anamcara Press LLC, 2018

Synopsis

“One of those rare novels that will linger in the mind and memory of the reader long after the book itself has been finished and set back upon the shelf.”~ James A Cox, The Midwest Book ReviewMeet Elizabeth. She’s unruly—the kind of child you’d find playing in a train yard, or climbing trees. She has a secret, a hidden place where she stashes found objects and hides from scary monsters. An eleven-year-old with uneven bangs and a grand imagination, Elizabeth sees the world as she needs it to be and makes the real unreal—a proper skill to have when born into a family cursed with hard realities. She hopes to reach the age of twelve and leave Catholic school and her nemesis Sister Mary Paul behind. But before that can happen, she needs to make a change in her world.A Parting Glass is an exciting and suspenseful journey filled with heartwarming moments. A story of transformation and coming of age in the spirit of The Book Thief by Markus Zusak and the The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. With the aid of her brothers and sister, Elizabeth O’Sullivan fights monsters, real and imagined, in a small Kansas town in the 1950’s. Her world revolves around her family—a sweet mother, and a brutal father who is shaped and defined by childhood diabetes. Elizabeth sees Sister Mary Paul and her father as two distinct monsters who are tethered together with a long rope that extends for miles. If one appeared she knew for sure the other was just around the corner, lurking. The only place to hide is in her make believe world where she finds a unique way to deal with monsters, and a path to freedom. An adventure with a surprising twist, A Parting Glass is a tale of resilience and hope.Tess Banion became a storyteller at the age of two. Her first novel is based on truths, half-truths, and flat-out lies. She lives in Lawrence, Kansas. www.tessbanion.com https://anamcara-press.com/a-parting-glass/

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About the Author

Tess Banion began her storytelling career at age two. It took a few years and a couple of Masters degrees to finally find her calling. She grew up in Kansas City, Kansas, in a Catholic family of five children, a sweet mother and a father who left the earth at an early age. She attended both parochial and public schools, preferring public schools. Through the years she made friends, found love and started a family, worked as an advocate for the hungry and migrant workers and toiled in partisan politics, finally making a match with the joy of words. She has partnered to raise two beautiful humans and helped sustain a marriage of 38 years. Her book A Parting Glass is a story of hope and redemption culled through the sieve of truth, half-truths, and flat-out lies.

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"It was beginning again. Elizabeth looked around the room from face to face. She saw rage, fear, tears. She saw the monster; his face covered with hair and his nostrils flaring. His feet were heavy and thick, but he looked weak. She needed to run, get to her safe place. She moved back toward the closet and quickly disappeared."

Edition details

• Publisher: Anamcara Press LLC
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1941237134
• ISBN 13: 9781941237137
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Flinders Paul
• Number of pages: 296