Knotted Pearls
And Other Stories
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Roses Just Roses
“In eastern lands they talk in flowers, and tell in a garland their loves and cares.” —James Gates Percival (1795-1856)
I KNEW THAT if I accepted the summer job at Roses Just Roses, an established flower shop in midtown
But if honesty is what you’re looking for then the real reason I took the job was this: the owner—a little, bald Greek man—looked exactly like my sweet old Uncle Murray. And seeing that my dad had just died three months earlier (struck down as a pedestrian while on his way to court to divorce my mother) you might say I was hungry for a father figure.
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About the Book
The thirteen stories in this new collection by Karla Clark feature characters adrift . . . pearls of people facing knotty situations. A father away on a business trip who misses his wife and daughters more than they miss him. A newly married woman whose husband “grandmothers” her to death. A garbage man who refuses to define himself by his occupation. A college student who discovers her own beauty. An elderly woman who hasn’t spoken to her best friend in twenty years. A Christmas tree grower searching for his trees.
Combining humor with grace, Clark teases out issues of the heart in the everyday lives of everyday people. You’ll recognize the characters . . . they are people we all know and love.
About the Author
Karla Manarchy Clark lives in