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The
Accidental Art Thief
by Joan Scheighardt
Twilight Times Books
Genre: Contemporary
Fiction
For a quarter of a
century forty-five-year-old Zinc has worked as a caretaker for a wealthy old
man, living in a small casita on his ranch in New Mexico. She doesn't make much
money, but she has the old man, her dogs, and gorgeous views of the mountains.
She is basically a very content recluse who doesn't invest much time thinking
about what she might do if her circumstances change.
So when the old man
dies suddenly, and his daughter all but throws her off the property, Zinc is
forced to reinvent herself—and quickly. With a touch of magical realism and a
collection of offbeat characters, The Accidental Art Thief explores the thin
line between life and death and the universal forces that connect all things.
"Zinc is an
engaging, quirky, and utterly unique heroine, instantly likeable, with a hefty
mixture of strong intelligence and overwhelming naivety…. While the novel is
realistic, there is subtle magic woven in nearly every line, as coincidence and
confusion come together into what might be termed the wisdom of time, spirit,
and love." ~ Magdelena Ball, CompulsiveReader.com, author of Sublime Planet, Black Cow, and other
titles.
"Schweighardt
populates her modern-day odyssey through the southwest with fascinating, quirky
characters thrust into a complex (and hilarious) web of emotional turmoil,
poignant misperceptions, and downright lies. As laugh-out-loud funny as it is
thought provoking." ~ Julie Mars, author of the memoir A Month of Sundays: Searching for the Spirit
and My Sister, and the novels Rust,
Anybody Any Minute, and The Secret
Keepers.
"A sensitive,
gripping, artfully rendered novel that kept me reading from the first page to
the last." ~ Faye Rapoport DesPres, author of the memoir-in-essays Message
from a Blue Jay.
Joan Schweighardt
is the author of five novels, and more on the way. In addition to her own
writing projects, she writes, ghostwrites, and edits for individuals and
corporations.
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