Jennifer, you're a very good writer. I love how you smoothly get several descriptive details into a single sentence as in "Frank—short, bearded, red-haired—dried a tankard and set it on the wood counter." Simple, smooth and effective. I'm a bit of an anomaly a Jewish man whose great granny was Irish Catholic. I love Jewish folktale and have the same thing for irish fairy stories. Have you ever read THE TURF-CUTTER'S DONKEY by Patricia Lynch. You can get it on Amazon. I bought it in Dublin just before sliding into the Abbey Theater to see "Borstal Boy."
I've never read The Turf-Cutter's Donkey, but it sounds like the kind of story I love. Can you also recommend a book of Jewish folktales? I admit, I'm woefully ignorant of them.
And a night in Dublin seeing a play based on a banned book is my kind of evening. :)
Great story — and very well read as always
Thank you Keith! Happy to have you listening! :)
This story was great, and so was your reading of it! I love the way you did the voices. :)
Thank you so much! I realized, after I wrote it, how many voices I was going to have to do. The recording session was definitely interesting.
I'm very glad you enjoyed it.
Jennifer, you're a very good writer. I love how you smoothly get several descriptive details into a single sentence as in "Frank—short, bearded, red-haired—dried a tankard and set it on the wood counter." Simple, smooth and effective. I'm a bit of an anomaly a Jewish man whose great granny was Irish Catholic. I love Jewish folktale and have the same thing for irish fairy stories. Have you ever read THE TURF-CUTTER'S DONKEY by Patricia Lynch. You can get it on Amazon. I bought it in Dublin just before sliding into the Abbey Theater to see "Borstal Boy."
Sandy, thank you for the kind compliments!
I've never read The Turf-Cutter's Donkey, but it sounds like the kind of story I love. Can you also recommend a book of Jewish folktales? I admit, I'm woefully ignorant of them.
And a night in Dublin seeing a play based on a banned book is my kind of evening. :)
A great and funny place to start with Jewish folktales is Isaac Bashevis Singer's book "Zlateh the Goat." Very funny and folksy.
I'll put it on my list. Thank you for the recommendation! :)
Jennifer, I"m so gald you like it. Gimpel the Fool is another hilarious Singer bppl/
Excellent. I think I found a book of Singer's work that has both Zlateh the Goat and Gimpel the Fool. I'm going to check it out.
What a charming story! You evoke the era and the tavern atmosphere so well.
Thank you for the compliment, Jean! I wanted to make the tavern seem as comfortable and safe as possible before everything went sideways.