About this item
In flu-ravaged 1918 Philadelphia, Fiora Vicente, the freshly orphaned and forward-thinking daughter of the local fortune teller, has goals. She has ambitions. But when faced with a future she hasn't planned, she has second thoughts--and casts her community into a stagnant bubble of time. Inside the bubble, life among Fiora's superstitious neighbors continues, but nothing progresses, swamped by a steady stream of unspent seconds. As the pressure builds Fiora realizes she must find the courage to collapse the bubble--or risk trapping her dreams in an unbearable, unyielding, and infinite Now.
About the Author
Raised by traditional people in a modern world, Mindy Tarquini is a second-generation Italian American who grew up believing dreams are prophecy, the devil steals lost objects, and an awkward glance can invite the evil eye.
She's served as assistant editor with the Lascaux Review, also Spinetingler Magazine, and is a member of the Perley Station Writers' Colony. Her work has won recognition from the Philadelphia City Paper, the Maui Writer's Conference, and the Oklahoma Writer's Federation.
A native Philadelphian, Ms. Tarquini packed up her pizza stone and westward-ho'd. She now resides in Phoenix, where she divides her time between writing and wrestling with her pasta maker.
She does not have hindsight
