Crazy Quilt: A Novel - Softcover

Paul, Paula

Softcover

ISBN 10: 082633704X ISBN 13: 9780826337047

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, 2005

Synopsis

Cancer treatment has ravaged Flora Adams's body, not to mention her marriage and her spirit. She plans a visit with her aging aunt to recuperate, but a chance detour introduces her to Mac McIlhaney, an old man who both aggravates and mesmerizes her.

Crazy Quilt, set in desolate west Texas, is peopled with a palette of interesting characters including James Willie, the sheriff who wants to rekindle his old love affair with Flora; Jill, a young punk-rocker who thinks she has all the answers; Shorty, the dog with a fondness for wigs; and Lucy Martinez, who is willing to risk everything for Mac and Flora. This detour turns into a labyrinth of emotions that seems to have as little cohesion as an old-fashioned crazy quilt. But what Flora discovers in the end is an oasis of healing that, like love, has turned up in the most unexpected of places.

"I wait for morning, sitting on the couch, wondering what I have done. But the thought that seems most profound to me is that we had not said everything that needed to be said, nor done everything that needed to be done. We are right in the middle of things. Living until the end."--from Crazy Quilt

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

After cancer treatment, a woman encounters a crazy quilt of characters who help her on her road to healing.

About the Author:

Paula Paul, a former journalist, is the award-winning author of twenty-three novels for children and adults, including Symptoms of Death and Half a Mind to Murder. She is a native and lifelong resident of the Southwest.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 082633704X
• ISBN 13: 9780826337047
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 228