Time and Tide: a collection of tales - Paperback

by Sandra Williams (Author)

Time and Tide: a collection of tales, speaks of change-sometimes a long time coming, sometimes in an instant, but always inevitable. The first story, "Book of Hours," creates the frame for the rest of the tales. Helen, an American writer living in Italy, believes her creativity is gone forever as she returns to her childhood home to care for her dying mother. A curious encounter in a clock shop leads her to an experience of inspiration for the tales "like a swift, incoming tide: surreal, filled with beings of beauty and sadness, old regrets and new life-all muddled and intertwined as in a dream." Each subsequent story, with Helen as conduit, reminds us of the strange alchemy of human experience which can sometimes bring forth golden revelations.

Author Biography

Sandra Williams lives on beautiful Cape Ann, Massachusetts with her artist husband Robert. Both are inspired by its beauty and its community of creativity. A retired teacher of world literature and writing, she is author of Moss on Stone: a historical novella. Sandra is a member of the Finish Line writers' group, serves on the Board Education Committee and facilitates fiction and poetry workshops-all at the Gloucester Writers Center, part of whose mission is "to encourage each other to write, speak, and learn about the world around us in order to participate in its transformation." Sandra can be reached at timeandtide.author@gmail.com