This psychological detective novel explores the once largely unacknowledged-not only soldiers get post-traumatic stress disorder: that child abuse whether it is overt or covert incest, is a time bomb. Lily’s Odyssey unfolds with the inevitability, impact, and resolution of an ancient Greek play. The dialogue rings true, the journey conveyed with moods and half-tones, to portray fragmented Midwestern characters with poignancy. From child to grandmother, Lily’s voyage is told with lyricism, humor, and irony through a poet’s voice to distill American life in religion, marriage, and family. A contemporary odyssey without maps by a woman short listed for the 2009 Eric Hoffer Award for Best New Writing, a National Federation of State Poetry Societies Award Winner.
About the Author
Carol Smallwood has appeared in English Journal, Michigan Feminist Studies, The Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine, Journal of Formal Poetry, Mobius: The Journal of Social Change, The Writer’s Chronicle, The Detroit News, and anthologies. The Published Librarian: Successful Professional and Personal Writing by the American Library Association, is her 19th book. She’s in Who’s Who in America; in Best New Writing 2009; Eric Hoffer Award Short List.
Product Details
Paperback: 220 pages
Publisher: All Things That Matter Press (January 29, 2010)
Carol Smallwood has appeared in English Journal, Michigan Feminist Studies, The Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine, Journal of Formal Poetry, The Writer’s Chronicle, The Detroit News, and anthologies. On the Way to Wendy, 2008, is her first chapbook. Writing and Publishing: The Librarian’s Handbook, American Library Association, 2010 is her 20th book. She’s a Short Listed 2009 Finalist/Eric Hoffer Award for Best New Writing; 2009 National Federation of State Poetry Societies Award Winner. Lily’s Odyssey, 2010 is Smallwood’s first novel; Contemporary American Women: Our Defining Passages, 2009, is a co-edited anthology. Smallwood appears in Contemporary Authors, Who’s Who in America.
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OUR MISSION IS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON CHILD ABUSE SIGNS/SYMPTOMS, STATISTICS,
INTERVENTION, REPORTING, PREVENTION & TO ASSIST VICTIMS & SURVIVORS IN LOCATING THE
PROPER RESOURCES TO HELP ACHIEVE & ENABLE A FULL RECOVERY.
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