Black Candle

Undertow is the love story of two women brought together literally by accident -- Dotty falls from the house she is painting and at the hospital meets a nurse named Macy. The attraction between them grows as Macy moves into Dotty's house to tend her broken bones and spirit. Love unfolds against a backdrop of the slow recovery of the body and mind and the stories Macy and Dotty do and don't tell.

Seamlessly and expertly, Schutzer's writing moves us into the past, revealing what is unsaid between Macy and Dotty. As their lives merge, the two must deal with the underlying currents in their pasts just as they must begin to see how words left out -- the stories beneath the surface -- can pull them away from love.

When a surprising connection between Macy and Dotty emerges, the truth could either cause a rift too wide to repair or bring them closer than either could ever imagine.

Undertow is a vivid and moving exploration of how the body and mind adjust to the powerful currents of lies and love.

ISBN	0934971749	DEWEY edition	DC21
ISBN13	9780934971744 (What's this?)	Pages	106
Publisher	Calyx Books	Volumes	1
Imprint	Calyx Books	Weight (grammes)	227
Format	Paperback	Published in	Corvallis, OR
Publication date	11 Jan 2002	Height (mm)	222
Non-book description	106 p. ;	Width (mm)	152
Library of Congress	00027794	Spine width (mm)	9
DEWEY	811.54	Academic level	General

		Introduction
		The Room		1
		Nargis' Toilette		2
		Bengal Night		4
		The Robbers' Cave		6
		Gouri Mashima		9
		The Rat Trap		12
		The Arranged Marriage		14
		The Living Goddess Speaks		16
		Mother and Child		19
		Song of the Fisher Wife		21
		My Mother Tells Me a Story		23
		Two Women Outside a Circus, Pushkar		25
		The Quilt		27
		At the Sati Temple, Bikaner		29
		The Brides Come to Yuba City		31
		Yuba City School		33
		All in My Head		36
		I, Manju		38
		Traitor Body		40
		The Garba		43
		Sudha's Story		45
		The Makers of Chili Paste		50
		Sondra		52
		Making Samosas		55
		Burning Bride		57
		In the Hinglaj Desert		61
		Living Underground: Dacca 1971		62
		Family Photo in Black and White		63
		Restroom		65
		The Woman Addresses Her Sleeping Lover		68
		The Rainflies		69
		At Muktinath		72
		More...

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Poems about Women from India, Pakistan, and Bangaladesh

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