Böcker av Edna Taylor

Paving stones can well be on the path travelled through the journey of life and mark the passage of time. The only thing to be sure of is that the beginning is at conception and we will not know the ending until the time comes; as it turned out to be for some of the characters in Paving Stones, Edna Taylor's fifth book of short stories. Sometimes the path ahead looks clear with a destination in plain sight, and sometimes unexpected obstacles are encountered. The only choice is to find your way around, muddle through as best you can or go back and start again! Some of these stories start in the middle - with folks on the way to somewhere - but the middle is only a continuation of what has happened previously and is a precursor to what is going to happen next. Life's like that. Unpredictable. These stories are works of fiction, with the exception of 'There Be a Dragon' and 'The Dunny', which are based on true stories and 'Bali Impressions', which is from the author's personal experience.

Edna Taylor has always enjoyed writing but it wasn't until much later in life she really became interested in the craft of penmanship, especially in the form of short story writing. Readers of her two previous collections of stories will recognise some of the characters who have seemingly taken on a life of their own and made their way into this third book. The stories in The Attic are works of fiction, apart from ';The Dust Storm', which is an account of one of the eventful happenings experienced by the author's family when living on an isolated outback farm in the wild South Australian bush.