Kaleidoscope

A bewildered couple thrown together by a train wreck in post-partition India, a long-forgotten half-brother to Louis XIV, a burka-covered woman who is anything but modest, a migrant boy who finds a home and his voice, teenagers linked by a firefly go-between, a woman torn between piety and primitive passion, rough-and-ready Long Island City mechanics whose livelihood is threatened by the Mafia, a non-conformist sunflower, a young woman driven by teen-age loss who stumbles over a family...
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A bewildered couple thrown together by a train wreck in post-partition India, a long-forgotten half-brother to Louis XIV, a burka-covered woman who is anything but modest, a migrant boy who finds a home and his voice, teenagers linked by a firefly go-between, a woman torn between piety and primitive passion, rough-and-ready Long Island City mechanics whose livelihood is threatened by the Mafia, a non-conformist sunflower, a young woman driven by teen-age loss who stumbles over a family secret, and a mysterious guardian guide for Joan of Arc--these are only a few of the intriguing and vivid characters you'll meet in this anthology. Drawing on the authors' experiences, and set in locations echoing their peripatetic lives--Jamaica, France, Pakistan, India, St. Kitts, Italy, Mexico, Singapore, England, the Netherlands, and the United States--these short works illuminate moments that offer growth, redemption, forgiveness, and adventure, laughter, and love, each a part of the glorious pattern of life's kaleidoscope.