Although the installation was undergoing rapid expansion, the current activity level outstripped its usual frenetic pace. Tons of supplies, munitions, and personnel moved through the Maryland Air Force base where Ray, her husband, was stationed. She pulled an aqua Princess phone within reach, lined up a tablet of pink paper beside it, and settled on her stool. Rather than keep a dismal workroom, she had run her business from closets in her homes on Air Force posts and had saved every nickel until she could afford to open a nice studio. In other shops, fluorescent lights tinged the room green and errant pins stuck up from dingy, threadbare carpet.
That’s what she called it-her studio-although it was really just a large, open room over Paul’s Vacuums in a plaza in Silver Spring. Her two assistants wouldn’t arrive at the dressmaking studio until eight. We all died during the Cuban Missile Crisis. And eternal adoration for Jim, my knight in shiny armor. Much love to this book’s wise and magical godmothers: Tanya Whiton, Lee Hope, Suzanne Strempek Shea, Anne Britting Oleson, Rebecca Bearden Welsh, the late Elisabeth Wilkins Lombardo, Lynn Gonsalves, Mary Archambault, Betsy Smith, and Julia Parrillo. Boundless praise for the folks at Bedazzled Ink Publishing and Smith Publicity, who invited this book out into the wide world.ĭeep gratitude to Paul Zernicke and Kelly Hahn for championing my writing. Many, many thanks to the editors of the journals in which stories and characters from this book appeared in different forms: The Louisville Review, Nuclear Family, and The Crab Orchard Review, The Messenger or Woman Waving to the Future. Blessings to Eunice Scarfe, leader of The Blank Page workshop, where the first words of this story emerged. A special tip o’ the hat to Dennis Lehane for yang and for attention to plotting. Much respect to Joan Conner, Elizabeth Searle, and all of the teachers and mentors who helped breathe life into the beginnings of this project. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission in writing from the publisher.įor my nuclear family: Arnold, Mae, and Anthony Sparks Acknowledgements C:\Users\User\Documents\Bedazzled Ink Business Files\Bink Books\Home Front Lines\HomeFrontLine-tp-ebook.jpgĪll rights reserved.
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