Mairzy Doats By Glory Fagan
Glory Fagan is the daughter and granddaughter of the resilient individuals who inspired the characters in her semi biographical novel.Book Mairzy doats and dozy
I would have turned 100 today if I d lived Dazy Wakefield looks back on the the life she lived from her childhood on the farm and her escape to Chicago to the life she forges for herself and her child through the eyes of those who know her best From her unorthodox perspective reminiscent of Thornton Wilder s Stage Manager in Our Town Dazy gains insight from her dad s journal her mother s letters and her daughter s prayers Dazy assumes a front row seat to her own legacy proclaiming her daughter Zane the real hero of the story but it is a reticent soldier who saves them both Glory Fagan s debut novel a work of semi biographical fiction gives voice to Dazy an intrepid heroine in her own right who says One day I died but for some reason I don t seem all that dead At once heartbreaking and heartwarming Mairzy Doats is a pastiche drawn from many strands Photographs and memories journals and letters literary and Biblical allusion pencil sketches and watercolour come together in this work of literary fiction But the author reminds readers Mairzy Doats Glory is a career language arts teacher and library media specialist Mairzy Doats is her first novel site_link author gloryfagan Glory Fagan is the daughter and granddaughter of the resilient individuals who inspired the characters in her semi biographical novel Mairzy Doats Glory is a career language arts teacher and library media specialist Mairzy Doats is her first novel site_link author gloryfagan site_link.
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At the heart lies an intersection of true stories told by unreliable narrators Mairzy DoatsDraws you in from the start