Louisiana BreakdownWelcome to Grail, Louisiana -- next to nothing and just beyond reality -- where hoodoo meets Jesus, and townsfolk pray to both. This dark fantasy delves into the psychological and motivational depths of Grail and its residents. Miss Sedele mixes up green cocktails called 'cryptoverdes' at Le Bon Chance. Vida Dumars, owner of the Moonlight Diner, peers into the deepest realms of her customers' hearts as though they were picture windows. Town spirit Good Gray Man has promised good fortune to the town as long as it hangs onto tradition. A quirky, fantastical town's heart and soul are slowly, often painfully revealed in this dark and captivating novella. |
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... feel young and uncaring . It occurred to him that this was the sort of feeling he had left Florida to recapture- to be lost and a little out of control , moving fast enough so that all the world became streaky lights , streaky darks ...
... feel young and uncaring . It occurred to him that this was the sort of feeling he had left Florida to recapture- to be lost and a little out of control , moving fast enough so that all the world became streaky lights , streaky darks ...
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... feel of a sardonic sentence . " I heard about you from Sedele and them . " He jerked his head toward where Sedele and Joe Dill were sitting . " " “ It's all true , ” she said . “ Whatever they told you . ' " They just said you're weird ...
... feel of a sardonic sentence . " I heard about you from Sedele and them . " He jerked his head toward where Sedele and Joe Dill were sitting . " " “ It's all true , ” she said . “ Whatever they told you . ' " They just said you're weird ...
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... feel Shepard's poetic symbolism resonate in their bones . Others will experience a strange and hollow feeling in the pits of their stomachs as they contemplate Vida's dark fate back at Madeleine's shanty . This is at it should be , for ...
... feel Shepard's poetic symbolism resonate in their bones . Others will experience a strange and hollow feeling in the pits of their stomachs as they contemplate Vida's dark fate back at Madeleine's shanty . This is at it should be , for ...
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