A Small Harvest of Pretty Days

by Larry Kimport

Overview

In 1890s Pennsylvania, Clara Waltz is returning home from visiting ailing old Mrs. Snyder. She encounters a drunken man who, along with four others, had gang-raped her eleven years prior. Terrified, she flees on foot, hiding in a partially fallen tree along a riverbank. From within she sees an unknown tattered-looking man suddenly appear. A great fracas ensues. When all has quieted down, she crawls out and finds that the rapist has been murdered. The stranger is nowhere in sight.

Clara becomes a suspect with the discovery of yet another murder. He, too, was one she steadfastly accused of raping her. Soon an aging drifter comes to the farm where Clara and her illegitimate daughter live as domestic help to a prominent farm family. Clara finds herself being drawn to him, in spite of believing him to be the killer.

This first-person narrative is told through Clara's voice, as an older woman, as a legacy to her children. It's a tale of abuse and murder, but, ultimately, a tale of love and hope.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940000792681
Publisher:	Foremost Press
Publication date:	12/09/2009
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	295 KB

About the Author

Larry Kimport grew up one of seven children to blue collar parents in north-central Pennsylvania. He served briefly in the U.S. Army, then earned a B.S.E. in Special Education at Mansfield State College. He then served in the U.S. Peace Corps in southeast Asia.

For the past 25 years, Larry has coordinated an alternative educational program for at-risk teens in suburban New Jersey. Over the years Larry has also directed various summer programs serving community youth, kids assigned to residential care and foster children.

Larry belongs to The Alternative Education Association of New Jersey, and Pennwriters, Inc. He has been awarded The U.S. Peace Corps Exemplary Service Award, The Superintendent's Distinguished Service Award, and was chosen The Upper Freehold Teacher Of The Year.

He and his wife of 24 years have two children. He enjoys coaching interscholastic wrestling, gardening, writing, traveling anywhere with his loving family, and saltwater fishing.