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Backland Graces

Four Novellas

By Hal Zina Bennett

Published by Tenacity Press 2008, 158 pages, ISBN 978-1-892193-11-7

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The characters in this collection live close to the bone -- coarse, profane and sometimes violent. Yet, like all seekers their inner stories guide their destiny until they are transformed by unforeseen events. 

In "Swimming Lessons," Rocko's story of surviving a drowning drives him to protect the lake that nearly took his life. In "Throwaways," Sarah clings to the sorrow of her absent father, allowing herself but a glimpse of intimacy when it is offered. In "Rapture," Loman's and Truman's lives expose the hidden violence of religion gone awry. In "Congratulations on Your Recent Death," three unlikely characters pursue the mysteries of death.

These novellas reveal the immutable quality of our own humanness, rising to give comfort and strength, support and grace, often from the most improbable sources.

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"Hal is not just a great writer, he is a painter, poet and spiritual leader... In Graces, he takes us on a hearty and graceful pursuit through the lives, characters and mine fields of mystery that will make you laugh, will make you cry, and if you take the opportunity it offers, will make you grow." 

~ Christopher Love,  author of The Secret Teachings of Not Knowing, and creator of more than 70 Transformational Healing & Spiritual CDs

"Hal has completely changed the way I say grace. From the mystical creature in the story titled "Swimming Lessons," all the way through the of "Congratulations on Your Recent Death," each scene is as delectable as the disconnected but lovingly prepared sandwich in his story titled "Throwaways." I suggest a well-aged Red Mountain Vin Rose and candlelight to compliment the flavors of this literary feast."

 ~ Richard V. Schmidt, author of Single Tree

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