Love when this happens. Enjoy the series, Traci and thank you reporting back to us. Carol Kubala Retired - Not for Hire On Saturday, August 5, 2023 at 11:17:11 AM EDT, Traci Joy <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Thank you for all of the many suggestions, Todd!!! This morning it came to me: "What a Piece of Work I Am" by Eric Kraft as part of this series of books, The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy. - What a Piece of Work I Am (1993): Ariane is six years older than Peter. She's the ostensible bad girl who works in a clam shack. For a mysterious reasons, she has taken up an unusual theatrical experiment in which she must live her life before a crowd for many years. (Wikipedia) I was obsessed with these books in the early nineties -- which I picked up based on the cover of "Herb and Lorna" at Barnes and Noble. Thank you for jogging my memory. Now I want to re-read this series. Have a good weekend, everyone!Traci On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 8:15 AM Todd Mason <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Another stab...former F&SF editor and current publisher Gordon Van Gelder notes:This sounds congruent with RickBowes, Jeffrey Ford, and Paul Park,but none of the details line up wellenough to make me think we have a match. fwd TMhttps://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/07/ssw-dale-or-william-dale-jennings.html On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 9:41 PM Traci Joy <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Male author who wrote fiction in the ~1990's about his fictional(?) childhood in the 1950's NY/NJ or MA coast. A lot of clam eating mentioned. All of his books have an element of fantasy - whether about women or his fictionalized, somewhat idealistic world as a child growing up in the 1950's. I think some of these books might have been part of a series. The covers were 1950's inspired font and imagery. Also, he wrote one specific book about a woman who lived her life on a stage. People could come view her play on stage, which was really just her living a solitary life in a small town theatre. I am totally BLANKING on this author's name. His books would have been in bookstores in the 1990s (Barnes and Noble and Borders), but I think he fell out of popularity at one point, or stopped writing. (If he ever was very popular??) Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!Traci-- • • • • • • • • • • • Traci Joy, MLIS To unsubscribe from the FICTION_L list, click the following link: http://ccpllists.cuyahogalibrary.net/scripts/wa.exe?TICKET=NzM4NzU1IGZveGJyaWNrQEdNQUlMLkNPTSBGSUNUSU9OX0wgIHAGmK3RbpKb&c=SIGNOFF To unsubscribe from the FICTION_L list, click the following link: http://ccpllists.cuyahogalibrary.net/scripts/wa.exe?TICKET=NzM4NzU4IGpveS50cmFjaUBHTUFJTC5DT00gRklDVElPTl9MIHYBWBNB6KY8&c=SIGNOFF To unsubscribe from the FICTION_L list, click the following link: http://ccpllists.cuyahogalibrary.net/scripts/wa.exe?TICKET=NzM4NzY3IHBob2VuaXg3MjFAU0JDR0xPQkFMLk5FVCBGSUNUSU9OX0wgIF7lnV%2FqIq4h&c=SIGNOFF ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the FICTION_L list, click the following link: https://ccpllists.cuyahogalibrary.net/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=FICTION_L