false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223628182m/1331252.jpg 1331252 1 Readers may be just a tad skeptical about this slender volume of short fiction by Cash, a singer who topped the country charts for a decade. But if you've followed Cash's career, you know that she has left the country spotlight to record her own heartfelt compositions, and her talent as a lyricist translates beautifully into short fiction. The brief but polished, emotionally resonant tales collected here possess the perfect timing, fluid expressiveness, and subtle circularity of ballads. Several stories reflect Cash's life as a performer as well as the mother of three daughters, but Cash is imaginative and each of her female protagonists has a distinctive persona and uniquely vivid inner life. A young acting student abruptly casts off her crippling self-consciousness; a wonderfully confident mother of teenage daughters exults in their bond; another mother goes to Europe on her own to "give birth to her middle-aged self" ; and in the poignant title story, a woman has nightmares about not being able to save her child from drowning. Yes, motherhood, with all its fears and blissfulness, is the key theme here (Cash has dedicated these stories to her children), but motherhood as seen by a woman who understands loneliness and the price of being yourself. Wise, funny, and eloquent, Cash's stories are as deeply affecting as her songs. Donna Seaman 1320750 1 4 1997 Bodies of Water total:13|5:1|4:7|3:3|2:2| 13 46 19 2 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun May 18 21:08:08 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 21:13:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 21:50:24 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 12:22:29 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 28 14:38:23 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 14:38:42 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jun 04 08:24:45 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 08:24:45 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jun 03 13:47:18 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 13:47:18 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat May 16 06:02:27 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 06:02:27 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Fri Apr 24 15:18:13 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 15:18:28 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Mar 09 21:31:50 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 21:31:58 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Feb 08 15:36:18 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 15:36:18 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Dec 08 18:52:54 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 18:52:54 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Fri Aug 15 18:42:34 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 18:42:34 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Jun 24 11:21:47 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 11:21:49 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu Apr 17 09:37:24 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 17 09:37:24 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Feb 06 10:11:07 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 10:11:10 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sat Jan 19 14:13:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 19 14:13:00 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Mon Jul 30 05:39:44 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 30 06:01:01 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Thu Jul 26 17:19:06 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 17:19:06 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Fri Jul 06 08:04:04 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 06 08:04:04 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Mon Jun 25 13:13:17 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 25 13:13:17 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1331252