Old Songs in a New Cafe: Selected Essays

From Robert James Waller comes a wonderful collection of 19 essays--all of them as romantic, reflective, and timeless as readers have come to expect from the author of The Bridges of Madison County--a celebration of life and loss, of what things still can be. Excavating Rachael's room -- Slow waltz for Georgia Ann -- Incident at Sweet's Marsh -- A canticle for roadcat -- Romance -- A rite of passage in three cushions -- The boy from the Burma hump -- Ridin' along in safety with Kennedy and Kuralt -- Jump shots -- The turning of fifty -- I am orange band -- Drinking wine the New York way -- In Cedar Key, Harriet Smith loves birds and hates plastic -- Brokerage -- Running into Perry -- The lion of winter -- One good road is enough -- Southern flight -- A matter of honor