Alice Wilson-Fried
Auteur van Outside Child
Over de Auteur
Alice Wilson-Fried is a born-skeptic, stubborn-to-the-core, getting-fitter-every-day, not-skinny-but-loving-it, postmenopausal woman, having survived five years of menopausal changes. She is the former director of public relations for one of New Orlean's premier paddlewheel steamboat companies, a toon meer writer, an avid tennis player, and the mother of two, stepmother of three, and grandmother of eight. She lives with her husband in California toon minder
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- #739,559
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- 3.5
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This is a debut novel by a storyteller with a natural gift for capturing the southern dialect and conversational speech from both ends of New Orleans’ society. At times her characters’ dialogue touches your emotions like a symphonic melody that plays to the depth of your soul. It can be sharp, quick, witty, laughable, attacking and often deadly. The characters are memorable, so much so that it could be a movie mystery. Each character is shaped by their speech and the role they play or the nickname they live by. How can you forget Laundry Man, Preacher Man, HeartTrouble, L’il Boy, JockStrap and Big Blake?
My favorite scene from the book is when Ladonis visits her mother. Her mom is complaining because Ladonis doesn’t visit often and says to her, “You don’t miss the water till the well is dry.” Now who can’t relate to this remorse ridden remark? The words are priceless. Ladonis on the other hand has three nicknames for her mother’s three personalities and decides that today she is Martyr Theresa. On other days she may be Sick Puppy or Pissed Off. This is a mere magical moment between mother and daughter. Yet, it arouses your senses, touches your heart and is just genuine, a glimmer of time that is precious to all women captured so beautifully by the author.
Wilson-Fried, who grew up in the Magnolia Housing Projects, tackles the racism and social aspects of New Orleans. She shows how the marginal members of society, blacks, women and gays are still the city’s outside children. To break into the New Orleans’ white male dominated business and political arena there are challenges and tough choices needed to succeed with the endurance of a marathon runner. This is a theme that does not overpower the story but is the story. The mystery is a bonus, a wonderful who-done-it.
Anxiety ridden moments of anticipation will make you read on. You will hang on a limb at the end of each chapter. Don’t miss reading this pre-Katrina New Orleans thriller.… (meer)