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Ann Richardson Davis

Ann Richardson Davis

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Born Savannah GA. Author of fiction short stories and juvenile historical fiction.

A Shadow in Yucatan

A Shadow in Yucatan

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<p>A mythical jewel of a story… A true story told on a beach in Yucatan, A Shadow tells Stephanie's story but it was also the story of the golden time. Its nostalgia sings like cicadas in the heat.</p><p>An American ‘Under Milkwood’, this distilled novel of the Sixties evokes the sounds, music and optimism on the free-wheelin streets and parks of Coconut Grove. You can hear Bob Dylan still strumming acoustic; smoke a joint with Fred Neil; and Everybody’s Talkin is carried on the wind.</p><p>Stephanie, a young hairdresser living in lodgings finds herself pregnant. Refused help from her hard Catholic mother in New York, unable to abort her baby, she accepts the kindness of Miriam, her Jewish landlady, whose own barren life spills into compassionate assistance for the daughter she never had.</p><p>The poignancy of its ending, its generosity and acceptance, echoes the bitter disappointment of those of us who hoped for so much more, but who remember its joy, and its promise, as though untarnished by time.</p>

Story Behind The Book

The author was an artist, a sculptor and painter. She had not considered herself a writer, but stories began to come to her as vivid scenes flashed into her mind. She wrote down what she saw, and became a story teller.

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Joyce Dixon, Southern Scribe:  &quot;...a collection of twelve southern gothic tales that are haunting in the beauty of the language as well as the subject matter. Drawing on her gifts as an artist, the descriptions visually leap off the pages.&quot; <br />Sherron Smith, librarian:  &quot;Stories are hauntingly beautiful, nourishing the spirit with provocative thought and genuine tenderness.&quot;<br />Edna Smith, The Valdosta Daily Times:  &quot;This little book is a special selection of short stories and some of the best that I have read in a long time.&quot;<br /> Genevieve Wynegar, The Darien News: &quot;...a wonderful compilation of old-fashioned storytelling stories... Her words dance across its pages and pull the reader into the emotions of each story's characters. Extremely well-written, this book should please the most critical of readers. ..a wonderful collection of diverse and colorful stories created by a master craftswoman. <br />William C Harris, Jr., author of <em>Delirium of the Brave</em> and <em>No Enemy but Time</em>:  Ann Davis has a command of the English language and a knack for story telling that is very special. The Holy Trinity of southern culture - family, religion and history, has been adroitly captured and beautifully rendered in this book...&quot; <br />Carolyn DeLoach, author of <em>Shadow Chasers:</em>  &quot;Ann Richardson Davis is a highly gifted writer and artist&quot;<br />Beverly Connor, author, <em>Lindsay Chamberlain mysteries</em>:  &quot;<em>The Husking</em> [one of the collection] was beautifully written and poignantly sweet.&quot;