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Story Behind The Book
The story behind the story of Dusty Waters: A Ghost Story goes like this...I've always made up stories, the kind that I would tell my friends, and say "cross my heart, hope to die", well, one night a very long time ago, my friends and I were hiding out on the porch of an empty old house, we were telling ghost stories, and I told a whopper of one about this particular house about a young woman's suicide and her illegitimate newborn baby that was buried in the basement, and I ended the tall tale with the final..."and to this day, you can still hear the baby's cries down there..." well, I couldn't have timed the ending better because just then a baby let rip a cry from the neighbors house and we all ran screaming into the night. Some of Dusty Waters comes from those stories that I told, some of it came along from recent history, and the ghosts of the past.
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Extraordinary (literally AND figuratively) tale told by an accomplished storyteller. Even the characters who do not speak are rich and fully-realized. With a dazzling array of personalities, from the quiet, marred Asher, to the sequined flamboyant Dede, there is a favorite here for every taste and consideration. All of the troupe are wrangled by the gravel-voiced, straight-talkin', 6 foot, 3 inch proprietress of Dusty Boots Records. Accompanied by the slap/twang of her guitar, of course. <br /><br />There are scenes in this book that are unforgettable, so well-written the words drift into your permanent psyche. The plot moves as swift as a spring river, and some of the devices used are unique, which is hard to find for a constant reader. How does an author "show" a reader that it's hard to pick one ghosty voice out of many? Laura Ryan does it, deftly and engagingly. <br /><br />I'm going to recommend this book to all my reader friends, and I'm going to read it again. It's like a gift to yourself! Thanks, Ms. Ryan! <br />- Linda Robinson, author of <em>Chantepleure</em>