Other Voices, Other Climes
About the Book
A collection of ten stories and a poem.
These ten stories take us from darkest Africa to New York, San Diego, Paris, Amsterdam, Vancouver, Canada, and Flin Flon, Manitoba.
Sense the anguish of a young soldier who returns from the battle field to the calm of the university campus.
We learn about volunteerism and the eccentricities of the aged.
We watch a hitman deluxe ply his evil trade with casual grace.
We are thrilled when a high school bully gets his just comeuppance.
We observe that regular Canadian citizens are sometimes embarrassed by the exuberance of a mint-fresh Canadian.
And no book of stories is complete without a lover's tryst, albeit a spring and autumn affair.
Next we are moved by the dilemma of a simple tourist who discovers a fortune in diamonds. Will he keep them or hand them back?
We feel an Angel's touch as the dark mystery of the lost missionary in the leper colony is unraveled.
A star is born when a young artist puts his heart into the creation of a prize-winning portrait of a young boy.
Can a small-town romance survive when money and domestic strife try to smother its flames?
And last, a youthful tribute to Winston Churchill by a teenage student who admired the great statesman's oratory and literary style — and became a writer.