Eavesdrop: Conversations Across Time
Eavesdrop: Conversations Across Time
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“Eavesdrop: a collection of conversations across time”
“Eavesdrop” will include around a dozen short stories, mostly from my “Conversations” series. Set in a dozen different decades, these stories attempt to parse out the meaning in seemingly meaningless moments and capture the frustrating fascination of catching pieces of strangers’ conversations. It will also feature my latest novella, “Family Dynamics and Good Medicine,” set in England in 1927 and following the weary Mrs. Higgins and her four children as they navigate life and misadventure with their father away in India.
Writing stories that focus on the real and inexplicable things in everyday life…
Juliana’s first novella was released through Adelaide Books in March 2021.
What people are saying…
“This book is less than 100 pages, which meant I could take my time to immerse myself in every detail, every line...It was entrancingly poetic. I found myself highlighting & rereading specific passages & dialogue leading up to the end…”
— Review on Goodreads
There's a bizarre funeral, a victrola in a car trunk, and a lot of Irish sass. The novella opens at a funeral for a grumpy old man. The only people there are distant, money-grabbing relatives. That is, until a strange woman walks in, holds the hand of the deceased, and walks out, leaving everyone confused and intrigued. Before this woman of mystery leaves the funeral, she tells the guests that she and the deceased were once engaged.
The story then flashes back to the morning she found out about the funeral, giving us a bit of insight into this woman named Claire Ryan and why she felt the need to attend this funeral. After this, the story goes back to her childhood, growing up in the immigrant quarter of Chicago in the 1930s…
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