Irrational Fear

by Donald Davis

Overview

The title story here is the story of my Mother's fear of snakes and of the way she eventually got passively even with me for making fun of her. She always came out on top. The second story we put on this recording is called 'The Red Coat,' as it is a story that happened in the same family setting. It is the story of how my father and his brothers-in-law finally stopped playing Christmas tricks on their sister-wives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780874838206
Publisher:	August House Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	01/27/2006
Pages:	1
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 5.60(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

Editorial Reviews

With a charming twang, renowned storyteller Donald Davis delivers two improbable tales from his childhood. In both stories, Davis's mother is the victim of a practical joke but emerges as the victor. In the first tale, she apparently is able to summon (with her forefinger) the forces of the universe to exact retribution on our hapless narrator. In the second, she gets the better of her brother-in-law, who is cornered into buying a lavish present for the women of the family. Davis does not so much weave a tale as spin a web. Kids will be caught before they even know it. E.D.R. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine

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