"Adieu Encore" by Sallie Showalter
We’re all on the run
Do the repeat offenses of a mysterious, rapscallion grandfather, explain the pattern of interrupted careers of one who settled at long last into writing?
Sallie Showalter lives in Georgetown, Kentucky, with her patient husband and demanding dog. She is currently a student in the Author Academy at the Carnegie Center for Literacy & Learning in Lexington, Ky., and recently published The Last Resort: Journal of a Salt River Camp 1942-43. Next up: a novel about her grandfather’s life. You can follow her blog at www.murkypress.com/blog.