Laura McHale Holland
Arresting and original, The Ice Cream Vendor's Song introduces a new side of Laura McHale Holland, whose memoir, Reversible Skirt, won a silver medal in the 2011 Readers Favorite book awards. In this richly nuanced collection of very short fiction, the author tilts the everyday and spins characters in unexpected directions. From an online purchase that takes over a woman's life to a plain box that brings a tired clerk a magical gift, from a spurned woman hiding in her ex-husband's closet to a doting wife coaxing her ailing husband to eat, The Ice Cream Vendor's Song reveals worlds familiar yet strange, haunting yet tender, all rendered with emotional clarity and exquisite prose. The Ice Cream Vendorâ€™s Song, Laura McHale Hollandâ€™s most recent collection of mystical flash fiction, seduces with a voice more compelling than the mythical sirenâ€™s call. But this is an enticement that you donâ€™t want to resist. Hollandâ€™s superbly imaginative prose probes a deeper understanding of the human condition and touches tender, guarded places in our hearts. â€“ Nancy Pogue LaTurner, author of Voluntary Nomads
Short Stories,Flash Fiction
The Ice Cream Vendor's Song