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Title: Collecting Feathers: Tales from the Other Side
Author: Lauren Stansell
Narrator: Steve Stansell, Lauren Stansell
Format: Unabridged
Length: 3 hrs and 9 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-23-17
Publisher: Daniela Norris
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Religious Thought
Publisher's Summary:
In Collecting Feathers, Daniela I. Norris blends pitch-perfect storytelling and a keen spiritual awareness to bring us a beautiful and haunting set of tales from the beyond.
A feast for the heart, mind, and soul, each story is layered with unfolding intrigue, and each one will stay with you long after the pages have been turned.
Members Reviews:
A cleverly crafted compilation of short stories
Creative short stories which are both thought provoking and spiritually calming. I enjoyed the variety of tales, each with a mysterious twist. The book is hard to put down and easily read in one sitting.
Two Stars
The first story was very good. I didn't get into the others as much.
Recommended
The book Collecting Feathers, by Daniela I. Norris, is a collection of eleven short stories about people who have passed over to the âother sideâ. But long after they've gone, the deceased still linger within the land of those still living. Each story explores the themes of life, time, and death while offering a glimmer of hope for those left behind living with grief. This book is a great read and flows easily. The author does a terrific job of casting the hook, and reeling the reader in.
In the first story, the main character, âOllieâ, was finally being released from a mental institution after many of years. Ollie was planning on killing himself with sleeping pills which he had been storing up for some time. But then, as if by fate, he met a kind, old women. He carried her suitcases home, and was invited in for tea. He soon learned that the woman's son and father had killed themselves in the same way that he had planned. He fell asleep on her couch and âmet her sonâ in a dream. Her son asked Ollie to take care of his mother until she passed away, giving Ollie a reason to live.
Another great story in the book is a story called âClockworksâ. It is an inventive story where watches made in Switzerland begin slowing down due to physic experiments going on at a collider at CERN.
The best story in the book was âRepentâ It is a great story about a character named Paulo who tries to dig himself out of a proverbial hole which he's dug for himself.
The stories span many time periods and cultures, and the author does an amazing job bringing these stories to life. It is clear that a lot of research went into achieving these great stories.
Collecting Feathers is highly recommended.
The fisherman in Collecting Feathers
Daniela Norrisâ short story collection titled Collecting Feathers is a mix of spiritual and supernatural. Norris is a fisherman of short story. She knows how to cast the hook and reel you in, a critical skill in story writing. In âGemmi Travelersâ, Laurent gets lost on a mountain with the elements bearing down on him. In âThe Right Placeâ, Sarah is attacked. In âRepentâ, Paulo the pickpocket gets more than he bargained for when he robs a marble-eyed old woman who curses him. All of these are great conflicts drawing the reader in.
One of the strongest tales, âA Reason to Go Onâ has a supernatural twist as two unlikely people come together and find softness and grace in the face of tragedy. Itâs the story of an aloof banker who falls into a depression and whose suicidal thoughts fall to the wayside when he meets an old lady at the train station.