| Settling in Nazareth :: December Girl Press :: Novel by Sandy DeLuca |
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. . . I'm just a false shaman, claiming to have magical powers -- ancient wisdom. Oh sure, I see things
sometimes -- have these dreams -- stuff that's happened since I was a kid. No big deal. My father told me it
happens to everybody. Most people ignore it. Others have snatches of it happening through their whole lives and
never do anything about it.
Dad said it's the wise person who learns to listen. I'm not so good at listening.
"With Settling in Nazareth, Sandy DeLuca has written a novel that is every bit as dark and unsettling as
a David Lynch film. Emplying the language of modern mystery and blending it with the beauty and intimacy of a
poet, DeLuca has conjured a world where the dead guide loved ones, dreams are spiritual road signs, and the living
try to make sense of it all through the use of ancient magicks. A unique and captivating page-turner."
"Haunting and wildly original, Sandy DeLuca's Settling in Nazareth is a welcome change of pace from the
usual cookie cutter versions of dark fiction out there, and a novel you will not soon forget. It is Jim Thompson's
The Grifters meets James Leo Herlihy's Season of the Witch, and the result is a unique and seamless
marriage of crime grit, tough female cool, and a more lyrical view of the darker regions of the human experience
. . . Not to be missed." | ||||||||||
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