The Girl from Recoleta and Other Stories of Love - Paperback

by Jefferson Flanders (Author)

This new collection of ten short stories by Jefferson Flanders addresses love in all its forms. A country song stirs memories of an Indian Summer love affair. Red Sox baseball becomes the emotional connection between a son and his Alzheimer's-afflicted father. High school sweethearts meet by chance at Penn Central twenty years after their break-up. A psychic reading in San Francisco takes an unexpected turn. Lovers struggle with ghosts from a violent past. These evocative stories explore memory, desire, passion, and loss; they illuminate not only the stark realities of life, but also delve into the mysteries of the human heart.

Author Biography

Jefferson Flanders has been a sportswriter, newspaper columnist, editor, and publishing executive. He is the author of Café Carolina and Other Stories and of the First Trumpet Cold War trilogy of Herald Square, The North Building, and The Hill of Three Borders.