About Caught
A collection of short stories, literary sketches and
vignettes each capturing a moment in the life of someone a lot like you. Each
story delves into human themes: expectation, desire, hope, loss, fear, joy,
peace, suffering, redemption. The narrative is filled with subtle irony, humour
and touching observations. The stories highlight our era of increasing
social disconnection, in which technology is replacing intimacy and life occurs
at a pace that challenges people’s ability to stop, observe and interpret their
own existence and its relationship with those around them.
It highlights the everyday moment and provides nourishment for the
harried soul. The overriding message in Caught is: that any moment
in every life can be viewed as worthy of treasuring. Whether that moment is
filled with despair or joy; they provide entertaining relief and nourishing
benefits.
As well as seeing — and feeling — the angst and the pain, the fragile hopes and dreams, the joys and the frustrations that make up the human condition, I’ve also always been able to see the funny side.
My vantage points have been from the perspective of a daughter, a sister, a wife and a mother, an aunt, a friend and a confidante — I’ve looked at life through many lenses, yet always my own observations have been enriched by the points of view of the other players in those unfolding dramas.
And always inside of me, from the time I was five years old, has lurked a writer — framing my observations and cataloguing them. Storing them up until I was ready to capture them on paper.
At 57 I began crafting my lifetime of observations into sketches and vignettes. Two years later I knew it was time to start sharing my stories with the world.
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