Final Days and Other Stories

By Barbara Wyatt Olson

Here are nine stories of quiet people in uncertain times, caught in the midst of catastrophic change. "Final Days" describes the chaos of the Ethiopian revolution, and the heartfelt struggles of Tsega, a young Beta Israel man who dreams of finally reaching Israel, his people's holy land. "Memory of Our People" tells of the Canadian Indian Residential School System and how, several years after its closing, a Cree leader fights for First Nation people's right to exist: "I do not seek peace or reconciliation. The schools may be shut, but loud voices still deny the genocide of our children, of our people. They would demand assimilation, challenging our people's right to exist, and wipe out memory of our people." "Spring Chicken" is the all-too-common plight today of a homeless woman, Bobbi Jo, and her struggles to protect her husband and survive on the streets of a Midwestern city. Finally, mired in Facebook scams, money laundering lies, and opioids, she finds only lonely death.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1977204996
• ISBN13: 9781977204998
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Outskirts Press
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"