Persephone's Torch by freder
For Book Beginnings:
Under the marquee the footprints of passersby blurred into a broad trail of wetness running from puddle to puddle across the bare concrete.
- p. 13
For Friday 56:
I remember thinking how quiet they were, picking their personal bags out of the mountains of stage paraphernalia, then crunching their feet across the cold gravel of their courtyard, their voices soft and hushed as breath.
- p. 56
Synopsis: 1939: travel with an unusual theatrical company through a painted landscape of desire and dreams. Fantasy is their specialty and they have mastered the art - is the newest member of their extended family being carried to new heights by his yearning, or is he the victim of his own delusion? One by one you will come to know each member of the company, unlocking their colorful lives, learning their sometimes dark secrets. In this fateful last season of the company's life, who will emerge with their hopes for the future intact?Under the marquee the footprints of passersby blurred into a broad trail of wetness running from puddle to puddle across the bare concrete.
- p. 13
For Friday 56:
I remember thinking how quiet they were, picking their personal bags out of the mountains of stage paraphernalia, then crunching their feet across the cold gravel of their courtyard, their voices soft and hushed as breath.
- p. 56