Expect Some Delays: Short Stories About Detours in a Long Life

People over 50 puzzle out their future in tales of men and women (and a robot), who are poised on the brink of a precipitous challenge. There are a wide variety of personalities and situations they have gotten into, but they all find a way forward. A comedian wants to be taken seriously in his old age, a 60-year-old robot has high aspirations when it is upgraded, the proprietress of a Dodge City saloon tries to write a memoir, and a food critic learns to enjoy food again. The characters in these stories have arrived at life-changing crossroads, giving readers a chance to wonder about which path they will choose. It doesn't help they have entered a new territory of life where the signposts have changed, the landscape looks different, and choices aren't always clear.

Author: Carolyn Gaye
Publisher: Archway Publishing
Published: 02/01/2021
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.58d
ISBN13: 9781665700405
ISBN10: 1665700408
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)

About the Author

Carolyn Gaye knows what it's like to be getting along in years. She is so old she literally belongs in a museum; she has a master's degree in museum studies, and also in developmental psychology from San Francisco State University. She attended University of California, Berkeley, before getting married and raising two daughters. She is a grandmother of five, and currently lives in Walnut Creek, California.

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