G1065 Looking to the stars from old Algiers and other long stories short
Title of the book: Looking to the stars from old Algiers and other long stories short Author: Jan Risher Publisher: Sans Souci Books Publishing Date: 2018 ISBN: 978-1946160331 Summary: Jan Risher took the long way to get from Mississippi to Louisiana with stops in between in Slovakia, Mexico, China, Burkina Faso, and more than forty other countries. Since moving to Lafayette in 2001, she has been a Sunday columnist for The Daily Advertiser and has written a column every single week since March 2002. Looking to the Stars from Old Algiers and Other Long Stories Short is the collection of these columns written over fifteen years. Arranged in chronological order, the collection creates a narrative of one woman's aim to build her family, build up her community, and weave the stories and lessons learned from the past into the present. From her family's move to Louisiana, adoption of a daughter from China, covering Hurricane Katrina, travels near and far, auth...