Bøger af Kay Stone

This story moves through adventure, tragedy, joy, and humor as it weaves together the lives of three people who have survived the many challenges in their lives. Gerald Powell is a career Coast Guard officer who has experienced deep sea rescues, drug raids, and the Vietnam War. Coral Lee Bascom, beginning in her church choir in rural Tennessee and rising to national stardom, struggles though the ups and downs of the music industry and the loss of her beloved husband and singing partner. Bette Canales is a TexMex school teacher whose family suffered though the difficulties of two separate border crossings, migrant work farms, and the devastating explosion in Texas City, Texas that destroyed much of the city in 1947. Caught in an unhappy marriage, she looks for a way out, and finds it.

Contains nearly thirty years of work by a noted writer and folklore scholar. This book includes writings from her scholarly articles and books spanning 1975-2004, which contain reflections on the value of fairy tales as adult literature. It offers a look at both the evolution of a career and the recent history of fairy-tale scholarship.

Offers the first full-length bo ok treatment of professional storytelling in North America today. For some years there has been a major storytelling revival throughout the continent and Stone analyses these developments in this book.