Memories of a Mud Bee: A Novel - Softcover

Ball, Madonna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0990754308 ISBN 13: 9780990754305

Publisher: Humble Hound Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

The Williams family is in mourning. It's been almost ten years since the accident, but healing is slow, especially for a family whose creed is based on the belief that,"The past is in the past and that's where it should stay." Nobody in the Williams family talks about death or the fact that Dad is an alcoholic or that mom is just too tired and sad to raise her other eight children. When we first meet eight-year-old Suzanne, she is alone, daydreaming in her next-door neighbor's yard. It is there, sitting next to the Peterson's fence or on the floor of her bedroom closet, that she feels the most safe. Safe to fantasize about a world in which she would like to live. In her ideal world, dads don't drink, moms are attentive and brothers don't die. When a young hippie couple move into the neighbor's upstairs apartment, a relationship quickly develops between Suzanne and the couple. This friendship sparks a desire within Suzanne to have a real relationship with her own family. In order for this dream to become a reality, Suzanne must seek answers to questions that most members of her family have been trying to avoid for years. Set during the 1970s in an industrial suburb of Detroit, this is a story of hope, forgiveness, healing and friendship.

About this title

About the Author:

Madonna Ball was born and raised River Rouge, Michigan and later Richmond, Michigan. After graduating from Michigan State University with a degree in elementary education, she began teaching and received a master's degree in Educational Leadership from Eastern Michigan University. She has taught for the last 20 years in Michigan and in Omaha, Nebraska which is where she currently lives. Memories of a Mud Bee is her first novel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Humble Hound Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0990754308
• ISBN 13: 9780990754305
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 322