
Wise's "Long Train Passing" is about a love affair between two handicapped people, a schoolteacher and a grave digger, drawn together because both wish to befriend a youngster named Jewel. Jewel shows the potential to be a fine scholar but is cursed with a brutal, alcoholic father--the...


Physically misshapen as the result of a childhood accident, teacher Annabelle Allen knows well the pain of loneliness and exclusion. During her first year of teaching, Annabelle discovers that one of her students, Jewell Cole, is in emotional pain because of an abusive father...
