The
Ballroom on
Magnolia Street
by Sharon Owens
The
crowd at Hogan’s ballroom on
Magnolia Street
is always lively on Saturday nights in
Belfast
. It doesn’t take long to
discover that the magic of twinkling lights and soft music helps the
regulars find just what they’re looking for.
The Story
of Chicago May by Nuala
O’Faolain
Legend
has it that May, an attractive nineteen year old, ran away from
Ireland
to
America
’s cities and worked as a confidence trickster, grifter, prostitute, and
showgirl at the turn of the twentieth century.
When she fell in love with a big-time criminal, she followed him to
Paris
where they robbed American Express. They
were caught and imprisoned, and once released, May returned to
America
where she was reborn again. O’Faolain
examines this extraordinary life story with compassionate speculation.
The City of Falling Angels
by
John Berendt
The
fire that destroyed the historic Opera House in
Venice
,
Italy
in 1996 prompted the question of whether it was arson or an accident.
Characters from hustlers, sleepwalkers, pigeon trappers, a believer
in Martians, the Plant Man, and the Rat Man of Treviso make appearances in
Berendt’s investigation that reveals
Venice
in all its magic and mystery. Author
of the bestseller Midnight
in the
Garden
of
Good
and Evil.
Past copies of Bookends are available in Outreach Services.
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