Richelieu, 1937 is a collection of stories that reads like a novel as it tells of the lives of people living, in and around the little town of Richelieu, Tennessee, in 1937. The book is a return to earlier times, when sharecroppers plowed with mules and a small town doctor made house calls in his Model A Ford. Life appeared to be calmer then, and people less complicated. But, as the stories unfold, it becomes clear that back then, as now, human behavior was a complexity and things were not always as simple as they seemed.

Richelieu, 1937

Ardienne Butterfield

Goose River Press

Dr. Shirley F. B. Carter was born in Boston, Massachusetts during the Great Depression. She grew up in Worcester, attended college and University in Massachusetts and is a third generation Black Yankee. After marriage and raising children, she is now retired, residing in Worcester, near her extended family.

Colored, of Course

Biographies & Memoirs

Carter, Shirley F. B.

Historical

This collection of stories chronicles over half a century of the author's experiences with a small, remote island and its people. Also included are many of the anecdotes that have become part of the Island's storytelling tradition. It will have special meaning for those who know Isle au Haut, and its "old timers," but will give everyone a better understanding of what the isolated, insular life entails. These are tales of hard struggles and as well as the laughable, good times.

Lines on the Water--A Collection of Isle Au Haut Stories

Harold S. Van Doren

Two Lieutenants is the unforgetta-ble story of a cowboy, his dog Zak, and their adventures in the Old West of Arizona.

Two Lieutenants

Literature & Fiction

L. Woodruff Hanson

Genre Fiction

The fifth annual Goose River Anthology, 2007 is a rare find. It contains the best poetry, fiction, and essays submitted to us for this volume. The writers who are represented come from all parts of the country. Seventy talented writers are published in this collection, some for the first time.

Goose River Anthology, 2007

Editor)

Deborah J. Benner

Poetry

HOW MANY DAYS UNTIL TOMORROW? 2001 Parents' Choice Award Josh is a twelve-year-old with dyslexia who spends the summer on a remote island in Maine with his teasing older brother Simon and grandparents he hardly knows. His "bug-eyed" grandfather (alias Grumps) rarely says a kind word. Living on Seal Island is torture until Josh realizes his own ingenuity. He captures a pet mouse, learns about seals and whales and meets a cute girl. In a dramatic, life-threatening emergency, Josh learns he is just as smart as his "gifted" older brother. He spends "the worst and the best" summer of his life on Seal Island, far out to sea off the coast of Maine. "I loved HOW MANY DAYS UNTIL TOMORROW?, but as a true test I had it reviewed by an expert, my 11-year-old daughter, Lucy. She wolfed it down like a delicious meal, and when she was done she pronounced it excellent. 'It's a super book, Dad. I hope lots of people read it.' I couldn't agree with Lucy more." -Edward M. Hallowell, M.D. author of Driven to Distraction "Josh is the kind of boy I wish every kid could meet...hard-working, sensitive, adventuresome, intelligent, and yes...dyslexic! Thanks to Caroline Janover for giving young people a great story and an even greater understanding of what it means to be dyslexic." -J. Thomas Viall, Former Executive Director, International Dyslexia Association "Janover has created a real flesh-and-blood protagonist. ...A fine novel that happens to have a dyslexic hero." -School Library Journal

How Many Days Until Tomorrow?

Children's Books

Janover, Caroline

Action & Adventure

Introduction to the first layer of excavation… When I was a little girl, I had a dream. More than once. I would be standing in the yard of our tiny white bungalow looking up to see a huge bomb hanging over our house in mid-air. The bomb made me greatly afraid. Fleeting thoughts of the dream connected it to World War II, the Germans, the Nazis since The War was not forgotten, and the topic of an enemy was a familiar one. But this bomb was not about war or any external enemy. The dream symbolizes the emotional state of my family representing the sadness, the pain, the explosive words and actions, and the pervasive atmosphere of negativity, where real memories were buried beneath layers of imposed learning. Surfacing in my memory after several years of excavating the past through meditation, it represents a first step in remembering what my life was like as a child. The fear and hostility were deflected to those groups since it was much easier to look at obscure targets out there and blame them for the pain and sadness than to look within and accept responsibility for our actions and see what needed to be changed. My family was not obviously troubled or abusive. I believe most families do not look abusive until one has the opportunity to follow them home and live with them for six months and see the love that is present or the lack thereof. Mine was simply not a loving family. This is the story I never intended to write. It is a love story. It is about finding God. It has little to do with organized religion. My journey to love came through a personal searching. A searching within. My searching began with a desire to know how to love my children. I learned through the searching that I could find the truth. You mean, that is all it took? A tiny glimmer? Just a hint about wanting to love my children?

One Family, One Heart

L. Ann Eynon

Religion & Spirituality

This novel is a romance wherein young lovers have their lives so affected by a common tragedy, they spend years trying to recapture the magic and innocence of their college-life love affair. They are both enormously gifted musically. Evan Sherman plays piano, principally by ear, but his talent with the clarinet is so complete, he is considered something of a savant as an instrumentalist. Molly Sullivan is a stunningly beautiful young woman who has a five-octave voice the faculty members of the university voice department can hardly believe. They make wonderful music together while in college, and the people close to them believe that their only hope of sal- vaging what they have lost is the music they make while apart from each other.

Moonglow

Bill Tucker

The year was 1889. Wilhelmina Tuckerman and her family were on their way to Mount Desert Island in Maine to spend the summer because her father, Samuel, had insisted they go there instead of the Berkshires as they had done in previous years. The family was sure they were going to dislike Mount Desert Island! When the steamship pulled into Frenchman Bay, they were all speechless as they gazed at the beauty that surrounded them. The little town of Eden (Bar Harbor) nestled against the backdrop of Green Mountain (Cadillac Mountain). The sky was so blue without a cloud in sight, and the air so pure and refreshing. As the summer unfolds, Wilhelmina meets a young Indian girl. They become forever friends and share many adventures...

Once Upon a Summer: The Summer of 1889 on Mount Desert Island

Marjorie Worster Thibodeau

In the tradition of C. S. Lewis classic, A Grief Observed, Johnny and Carla Morton have allowed us to join them on their journey through grief following the death of their teenage son, Zach. Furious Love is powerful because it is honest and intimate. Your heart will be moved by this story of love, loss, family, and faith. For even as the Mortons have walked through one of the deepest valleys this life has to offer, in Christ they have found God's sovereignty to be a refuge, His grace to be sufficient, and His love to be steadfast.

Furious Love: a journey through the Heart of Grief

Morton, Johnny

Morton, Carla

Parenting & Relationships

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