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The Ghost in the Machine and Frances Temple
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From: Kathleen Horning <horning>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 16:04:00 -600
Thanks to everyone for their patience as we were trying to sort out some technical difficulties with CCBC-Net. As Ginny Kruse announced earlier, everything has been straightened out and you should no longer be getting multiple "What's Going On?" messages.
Stuart asked a general question about Frances Temple's books: How long have they been around? Frances's first published novel, "A Taste of Salt," was issued by Orchard in 1992. It's set in Haiti in the late 1980s and features two teenage protagonists: Djo, a young follower of Aristide who tells his story from his hospital bed after a severe beating by Duvalier's thugs; and Jeremie, the young woman who records Djo's tale, interspersing it with her own story.
One of Frances Temple's greatest gifts as a writer was to recreate a strong sense of a different time and/or place and to build stories around complex political issues.
KT Horning, CCBC
UW-Madison
Received on Thu 20 Jun 1996 05:04:00 PM CDT
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 16:04:00 -600
Thanks to everyone for their patience as we were trying to sort out some technical difficulties with CCBC-Net. As Ginny Kruse announced earlier, everything has been straightened out and you should no longer be getting multiple "What's Going On?" messages.
Stuart asked a general question about Frances Temple's books: How long have they been around? Frances's first published novel, "A Taste of Salt," was issued by Orchard in 1992. It's set in Haiti in the late 1980s and features two teenage protagonists: Djo, a young follower of Aristide who tells his story from his hospital bed after a severe beating by Duvalier's thugs; and Jeremie, the young woman who records Djo's tale, interspersing it with her own story.
One of Frances Temple's greatest gifts as a writer was to recreate a strong sense of a different time and/or place and to build stories around complex political issues.
KT Horning, CCBC
UW-Madison
Received on Thu 20 Jun 1996 05:04:00 PM CDT
