Tag: trauma

An Orange Room On a Blue Planet

by Nancy Schoellkopf, posted in Flash Fiction, Magical Realism

Written with my Thursday night group with the prompts:  bulgaricus, in an orange room, why is she crying, the farm, he palmed his meds, there is no one there, hey baby, they were new, Kansas, healing, big medicine, Hank 25 years ago, they were young, is it all a sham, poppies like flames dancing, sat, peaceful … Continue reading An Orange Room On a Blue Planet

Fall On Your Knees, a book review

by Nancy Schoellkopf, posted in Book Reviews, Books, Children, Coming of Age, Families, Forgiveness, Grace, Grief, Literature, Summer

Fall On Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald is a larger than life story, a convoluted tale of family secrets and lies.  At least three times in the novel the action occurs in clumps, and over the course of a few days or even a single night, there is more family melodrama than all of Shakespeare’s … Continue reading Fall On Your Knees, a book review