What if a young, inspired woman sneaks into a Catholic seminary, disguised as a man and becomes a priest? What if her approach to the priesthood is so refreshingly unorthodox that the Vatican, not knowing her gender, elects her Pope? This whimsical and at times hilarious look at the Catholic churchturned upside down by a single determined woman is sure to delight the religious as well as the nonreligious, Catholics and non-Catholics, and most particularly women. It is written 'For children, young and old and for women, brave and bold....' in rhyming couplets. It is a fast, delightful read illustrated by the colorful artwork of Georgia artist James Dean.

In our community, hair is an important aspect of the external appearance. Even though other areas are explored, girls and their hair are central.

This book also allows adults to reminiscence about times past when fun was doing the simple things in life and these made you happy.

Another book in the near future will be written about boys.

In our community, hair is an important aspect of the external appearance. Even though other areas are explored, girls and their hair are central.

This book also allows adults to reminiscence about times past when fun was doing the simple things in life and these made you happy.

Another book in the near future will be written about boys.

A SACKFUL OF QUARTERS is a collection of short stories set throughout the twelve months of the year. Eachstory is a seasonal account of one particular character'slife experience. The glue that holds them all together isthat each woman or girl originally perceives herself throughfamilial or societal eyes, and comes to a better understandingof who she really is as a result of the incidents that occur within the story.

January: FRESH SLATE, USED CHALK
This story recounts the liberation of the abused wifeof a prominent doctor, and how she leaves him only todiscover that she is immediately drawn to an individual who,although outwardly the complete opposite of her husband, hasthe potential to do her harm. How she deals with therevelation establishes the foundation for a new life filledwith promise.

FEBRUARY: ETUDE FOR A WINTER'S AFTERNOON
A fifth grade girl spends the Valentine season learning about unselfish love and class prejudice in this fiftiespiece set in Chicago neighborhood. The great melting pot is notas advertised. The reflection she sees in the mirror is not necessarily how others view her and she has miles to go beforeshe sleeps.

MARCH: ERIN GO BRAUGH!
A prostitute in a seedy motel considers how shecame to such an end. She recalls how she started out withhigh expectations and remembers her first real love, amechanic in the town garage. She comes to terms with her pastfinally resolving the conflicts that caused her fall.

APRIL: GOT THOSE AIN'T WHERE YOU ARE, PARK BENCH BLUES
Once great blues singer, Jonna Knight finds herselfpast seventy, penniless and at the bottom of the barrel,living homeless on the streets of New York City. Afterspending the night under a blanket of newspapers on aCentral Park bench, she encounters aspiring songstress Mona.The young Jewess joins her after dropping her portfolio,scattering its invaluable contents in the early morning wind.

Mona vents her frustrations, almost oblivious of theold black woman who seems most interested in her diatribe. She's tired of "paying her dues", exhausted from dailyrejections from prospective employers more concerned withher obvious ethnicity than her talent, and depressed enoughto call it quits and retreat to the comfort of her affluenthome. A morning chat with the legendary vocalist teaches heran invaluable lesson and earns her a surprise to boot.

MAY: BLOSSOM TIME FOR MAUDE ROSE
Maude Rose, a spinster who spent the fruitful years ofher twenties and thirties traveling the globe with herwidower father, enjoys an early summer evening on the porchwith her gentleman caller. They sip lemonade. She offershim cookies, shares gossip and makes observations about theflawlessly beautiful but barren apple tree in her frontyard. Her caller never speaks, but as Maude Rose rambleson his silence reveals some meaningful insights about herself and others in their small Southern community.

JUNE: GEMINI WITH SCORPIO RISING
Twins, one plain and one fair, come to terms with theirindividuality in the liberated seventies. They are bothdating the same man who is equally attracted to them fordifferent reasons. As the story unfolds, the plain sister falls deeply in love, and her beautiful counterpart learns somethingabout her own emergent sexuality that she is both frightened and eagerto share with her twin.

JULY: AN ANATOMY OF THE AMERICAN DREAM GONE ASKEW
A newlywed in June, pregnant in July, and far too soon for a yuppie husband who has their storybook life planneddown to the last white picket in the fence that willsurround their custom built house. But times havechanged, and she's come a long way baby, to where it issupposed to be the woman who decides what happens to herbody and all it contains or have they?

AUGUST: HOT FUN IN THE SUMMER TIME
Young lovers meet in a bakery where the high schoolsenior has taken an after school job. Tom is a scuffler whodropped out of school, and Wendy is an honor student withhopes of college and career. They date amid the "beachblanket" frivolity of the sixties, and she comes to love the conscientious, noble lad who kept his kid brother innocentwhile he shielded him from the realities of a whoringmother. Times get rough and we get to see first hand justwhat offspring of children of the depression learned from theirconscientious parents.

SEPTEMBER: THOSE WHO CAN, DO
Maggie, a beloved school teacher in her late thirties,and a survivor of anorexia fails in an attempt to attract aneligible bachelor that all her friends think is perfect forher. She stands on the brink of a relapse that could costher life. After struggling with and overcoming an almost insurmountable challenge, someone from her past arrives witha new chance for happiness.

OCTOBER: A TIME FOR EVERY PURPOSE
The strength of a woman is evidenced in this tale of Sarah Taylor, a black God fearing Christian who raises hergranddaughter's child after the wanton girl is murdered in aghetto killing. This occurrence tests her deep rooted faith andreaders witness her struggle and eventual submission to her maker’swill for her life.

NOVEMBER: TESTIMONY AND THANKSGIVING
By way of a touching essay, a niece bears witness tothe impact her childless aunt had on entire family to whomshe was heart and soul. Unimposing, mostly uneducated andnot wealthy by the world's standards, the woman validatedthose around her with unqualified acceptance and encouragingwords. The value of such a woman is weighed by one who loved

DECEMBER: INTERMISSION RIFF WITH MISTLETOE
A middle class housewife and part time sales clerkdiscovers there is more to life than kinder, kuchen andkirken when she comes in contact with a smooth lounge singer in a neighborhood bar. Their brief affair leaves herfeeling more certain of her intelligence and appeal than she has in years. The encounter teaches the itinerant piano manthat home and family should come first. Both share a memory that neither time nor consequence can erase.

Books are a must but on top of the head you can trust they'll be on a charm school girl. Graduate ahead of the class with the Charm School Girls! The Primrose School of Charm isn't easy as these eight young girls soon find out. They must learn a lesson on how to behave like proper young women. Join the girls for a charm school lesson you'll never forget!

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A SACKFUL OF QUARTERS is a collection of short stories set throughout the twelve months of the year. Eachstory is a seasonal account of one particular character'slife experience. The glue that holds them all together isthat each woman or girl originally perceives herself throughfamilial or societal eyes, and comes to a better understandingof who she really is as a result of the incidents that occur within the story.

January: FRESH SLATE, USED CHALK
This story recounts the liberation of the abused wifeof a prominent doctor, and how she leaves him only todiscover that she is immediately drawn to an individual who,although outwardly the complete opposite of her husband, hasthe potential to do her harm. How she deals with therevelation establishes the foundation for a new life filledwith promise.

FEBRUARY: ETUDE FOR A WINTER'S AFTERNOON
A fifth grade girl spends the Valentine season learning about unselfish love and class prejudice in this fiftiespiece set in Chicago neighborhood. The great melting pot is notas advertised. The reflection she sees in the mirror is not necessarily how others view her and she has miles to go beforeshe sleeps.

MARCH: ERIN GO BRAUGH!
A prostitute in a seedy motel considers how shecame to such an end. She recalls how she started out withhigh expectations and remembers her first real love, amechanic in the town garage. She comes to terms with her pastfinally resolving the conflicts that caused her fall.

APRIL: GOT THOSE AIN'T WHERE YOU ARE, PARK BENCH BLUES
Once great blues singer, Jonna Knight finds herselfpast seventy, penniless and at the bottom of the barrel,living homeless on the streets of New York City. Afterspending the night under a blanket of newspapers on aCentral Park bench, she encounters aspiring songstress Mona.The young Jewess joins her after dropping her portfolio,scattering its invaluable contents in the early morning wind.

Mona vents her frustrations, almost oblivious of theold black woman who seems most interested in her diatribe. She's tired of "paying her dues", exhausted from dailyrejections from prospective employers more concerned withher obvious ethnicity than her talent, and depressed enoughto call it quits and retreat to the comfort of her affluenthome. A morning chat with the legendary vocalist teaches heran invaluable lesson and earns her a surprise to boot.

MAY: BLOSSOM TIME FOR MAUDE ROSE
Maude Rose, a spinster who spent the fruitful years ofher twenties and thirties traveling the globe with herwidower father, enjoys an early summer evening on the porchwith her gentleman caller. They sip lemonade. She offershim cookies, shares gossip and makes observations about theflawlessly beautiful but barren apple tree in her frontyard. Her caller never speaks, but as Maude Rose rambleson his silence reveals some meaningful insights about herself and others in their small Southern community.

JUNE: GEMINI WITH SCORPIO RISING
Twins, one plain and one fair, come to terms with theirindividuality in the liberated seventies. They are bothdating the same man who is equally attracted to them fordifferent reasons. As the story unfolds, the plain sister falls deeply in love, and her beautiful counterpart learns somethingabout her own emergent sexuality that she is both frightened and eagerto share with her twin.

JULY: AN ANATOMY OF THE AMERICAN DREAM GONE ASKEW
A newlywed in June, pregnant in July, and far too soon for a yuppie husband who has their storybook life planneddown to the last white picket in the fence that willsurround their custom built house. But times havechanged, and she's come a long way baby, to where it issupposed to be the woman who decides what happens to herbody and all it contains or have they?

AUGUST: HOT FUN IN THE SUMMER TIME
Young lovers meet in a bakery where the high schoolsenior has taken an after school job. Tom is a scuffler whodropped out of school, and Wendy is an honor student withhopes of college and career. They date amid the "beachblanket" frivolity of the sixties, and she comes to love the conscientious, noble lad who kept his kid brother innocentwhile he shielded him from the realities of a whoringmother. Times get rough and we get to see first hand justwhat offspring of children of the depression learned from theirconscientious parents.

SEPTEMBER: THOSE WHO CAN, DO
Maggie, a beloved school teacher in her late thirties,and a survivor of anorexia fails in an attempt to attract aneligible bachelor that all her friends think is perfect forher. She stands on the brink of a relapse that could costher life. After struggling with and overcoming an almost insurmountable challenge, someone from her past arrives witha new chance for happiness.

OCTOBER: A TIME FOR EVERY PURPOSE
The strength of a woman is evidenced in this tale of Sarah Taylor, a black God fearing Christian who raises hergranddaughter's child after the wanton girl is murdered in aghetto killing. This occurrence tests her deep rooted faith andreaders witness her struggle and eventual submission to her maker’swill for her life.

NOVEMBER: TESTIMONY AND THANKSGIVING
By way of a touching essay, a niece bears witness tothe impact her childless aunt had on entire family to whomshe was heart and soul. Unimposing, mostly uneducated andnot wealthy by the world's standards, the woman validatedthose around her with unqualified acceptance and encouragingwords. The value of such a woman is weighed by one who loved

DECEMBER: INTERMISSION RIFF WITH MISTLETOE
A middle class housewife and part time sales clerkdiscovers there is more to life than kinder, kuchen andkirken when she comes in contact with a smooth lounge singer in a neighborhood bar. Their brief affair leaves herfeeling more certain of her intelligence and appeal than she has in years. The encounter teaches the itinerant piano manthat home and family should come first. Both share a memory that neither time nor consequence can erase.

Books are a must but on top of the head you can trust they'll be on a charm school girl. Graduate ahead of the class with the Charm School Girls! The Primrose School of Charm isn't easy as these eight young girls soon find out. They must learn a lesson on how to behave like proper young women. Join the girls for a charm school lesson you'll never forget!

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