Old Blue: Stories From The Heart (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781546407133)

Do not rush through these stories, Dear Reader, rather savor each. Reread them and you will understand even more deeply.-William Kenly, editor and author of The Dogs of Cancer and others

In Old Blue, Peggy Frailey introduces a quirky cast of characters going through major life changes and coping with grief, aging, illness, obsession, and other difficult circumstances. Each story allows you to empathize with her creations, no matter what walk of life they come from.

Frailey's titular story centers around a father grieving after the loss of his wife and son. He forms a strange friendship with a blue heron on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. Through this relationship, he begins the first step to closure and notices the loved ones still surrounding him.

Other stories feature an American Indian caught between two worlds, a teenager battling hospitalization while swearing up a blue streak, a criminal who is a prisoner to his OCD, an older woman struggling to care for her ailing husband, and other characters you can't help but love and won't be able to forget.