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Uncertain Ground
Uncertain Ground

Uncertain Ground

FICTION

192 Pages, 6 x 9

Formats: Trade Paper

Trade Paper, $16.95 (US $16.95) (CA $18.95)

Publication Date: March 2010

ISBN 9780916727673

Rights: WOR

Wings Press (Mar 2010)

Price: $16.95
 
 

Overview

Set in 1953, this novel follows 21-year-old Celia Henderson during a month of uncertainty in her life. Visiting Galveston, Texas, a barrier island with its own history of instability and survival, Celia faces a series of conflicts—between a lawless Galveston and a hypocritical, “moral” mainland; between the Old South and the Old West; and between homosexuals and those prejudiced against them. Celia, who narrates her story 30 years after the fact, must also cope with a sexual double standard inherent in her attraction to an unhappy law student. As she interacts with her irrepressible cowboy cousin Emmett Chandler and a Mexican American artist, Louis Platon, Celia grows to accept her own fears and understand others and life's continual uncertainties. While Celia personifies the innocence of the 1950s—seldom as innocent as portrayed—this tale offers an inside look at continual social problems in the U.S.

Reviews

"An immensely energetic and likable book,"  —Bruce Allen, Chicago Tribune, on A Horse of Another Color 


"The enduring interest is in the characters who move through her pages and her often virtuoso style,"  —Joseph McLellan, The Washington Post, on The Fields of Memory


"A collection of short stories that succeeds beautifully in capturing the richness of the lives of the author's intriguing and believable characters, thus revealing the truths she seeks." Madge Franklin, The Nashville Tennessean, on Warriors and Maidens

Author Biography

Carolyn Osborn is the author of The Book Club of Texas, The Fields of Memory, A Horse of Another Color, and Warriors & Maidens. She is the recipient of a Distinguished Prose Award from the Antioch Review, a Lon Tinkle Award, and an O. Henry Award. She lives in Austin, Texas.