If you enjoy literary fiction and if you savor poetic language, you will be happy to lose yourself in What You Call Winter by Nalini Jones. The interconnected stories flow between extended family as their lives take them from home, which is a Catholic neighborhood in India, to new homes in America. Scenes from childhood in both places with poignant memories are written with perfect imagery.
Here is a ten-year-old Marian heading home in the afternoon. “The road flew beneath her feet in jerks and rushes as she began to skip- past the tall gates of St. Jerome’s Church, where families of beggars held out their hands to the Catholic ladies.” Later, in the empty family home, “The day began to rouse itself, flushed and warm, from the afternoon sleep, and the noise from the street grew louder. Marian heard motorcars, the chatter of women, the wailing calls of merchants. She knew her father would soon be home.”
Meet local author Nalini Jones at the Library on Friday February 8 at noon. After her talk, copies of her debut story collection will be available for sale and signing. More about the author.