Sanctuary
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ISBN10: 1665574429
ISBN13: 9781665574426
Publisher: Authorhouse
Published: Nov 3 2022
Pages: 222
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781665574426
Publisher: Authorhouse
Published: Nov 3 2022
Pages: 222
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Filled with images of the beauty of nature - the colors of the sunset, the feel of the wind with the approach of winter, the tastes of food in a cabin or from a campfire, the sound of quail and coyotes on a Texas ranch - the short stories and novellas of J. Kent Gregory explore the basic human yearning for the peace and healing found in the natural world. A Place Apart is a lyrical description of finding an untouched, separate, liminal dell. Scouting with My Daddy, told from the perspective of a young boy, describes his introduction to the beauties and thrills of the woods by his protective father. In the title short story, Sanctuary, two friends meet on a river near Canada to fish and find peace in the waning days of summer. On the Gulf follows one of the two friends as he escapes the Northern cold and a failing relationship to fish the surf and the Gulf Stream where he finds connection and shared loss with a trophy sailfish. In The Forge the two friends come together to fight a dangerous fire in the Valley of Virginia. The narrator of Free and Happy, Wherever Home Is discovers, to his surprise, a love for the land and animals on a dry Texas ranch. A Café Scene is a short vignette where the narrator looks ahead from the waning of winter to summer amid a feast of the senses. In Solitude an older man, alone with his dog, gets in one last pheasant hunt before a winter storm and the unwanted arrival of visitors. In the final story, Healing Waters, the narrator flies out West after a devastating loss to meet a young woman who introduces him to the rivers and waters of the Cascades and the Coastal Range.
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