He recalls his scant, precious memories of his grandparents in Iran, and we learn why he, his mom, and sister ended up in Oklahoma - and his father did not. His narrative swoops and swirls through time and place as he tries to help his classmates - and himself - makes sense of who he is and where he comes from. They’re poets, which is worse.’Īs he replies to prompts from his teacher, Daniel tells the story of his life so far. My mom says it’s true, but only because everyone has sinned and needs God to save them. Miller’s class think, but I’m the only Persian they’ve ever met, so I don’t know where they got that idea. ‘All Persians are liars, and lying is a sin. The story opens with Daniel telling a story to his middle school class in his new hometown. This is his unforgettable story, told in his inimitable voice. He’s Iranian but now finds himself living in Oklahoma. He’s got dark skin, he’s hairy, and his butt is big. The hero of our story is Khosrou, but everyone calls him Daniel.
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A Dark Heart by Margaret Foxe5/29/2023 Then, Foxe sent me a copy of A Dark Heart - a book that focuses on a steampunk vampire. It was a genre bender - so in the end, I told my Scifi mind to shut the heck up and enjoy the ride. I liked what she did with the incorporation and blurring the lines between Steampunk, Science Fiction and Paranormal. My conflict arose because my science fiction mind was going "NO- NO- NO, No blood sucking paranormal vamps in science fiction!" But, Foxe had already endeared the character to me before it was revealed and her writing had sold me on a 5 star book. When my first venture into Steampunk, Prince of Hearts (also by Margaret Foxe) included a side character who was a twist on the vampire legend, I wasn't sure how I felt about it. I consider Steampunk to be a branch of Science Fiction. Luckily, there have been some recent books that are slowly turning the Genre around. 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Pretty from a Distance by Cat McCarrey5/28/2023 Doug and Glorianna continue their budding relationship, and she promises herself that she will have a new life by the new year. Her new friends drop hints that she could do better than Vince, but still she returns to him, despite the revelation that Vince is seeing another woman. Glorianna grows close to all of them, especially Doug, but still endures Vince’s physical and sexual attacks at night. He introduces her to several other warm people: the spitfire waitress, Valerie the chatty bar owner, Roy, and his mystic wife, Sonia Roy’s handsome nephew Doug and his daughter Melanie and Casey, the sheriff. Five years later, Glorianna is still with Vince, and their nomadic wanderings in a camper have led them to Corona d’Espinas, N.M. Quiet, wise Fred lives in a trailer nearby he suffers from panic attacks, just as Glorianna always has. An angelic, unknown man comes to her rescue, but his presence is fleeting. Glorianna is assaulted by her boyfriend, Vince, and a lecherous bar patron and winds up bloodied, face down on the pavement outside the bar. A woman tries to shed her troubling past with the help of friends-and fate-in this debut novel. |