Books with author Christa Goldsmith

Excerpt from Peace Pelican, Spinster: A Love StoryGorgeous they were, and intangible as poets' dreams, every moment freshly born, orbing to the full, then shattered.There was something pathetic in the little tableau. The actors were conscious of it, though it didn't seem to mar their amusement.They were only two - a sick old man, and the girl, bending such earnest attention on the pipe between her rosy lips. The contracted muscles on one side the invalid's face told of paralysis. He was watching the sport with pleased attention (albeit love Of his grace ful playmate was its chief element), as he lay back in his stuffed reclining chair.The kneeling maiden's face was bright with the frolic. Before her was spread a gray blanket shawl on which she skillfully threw a troop of the painted spheres, and watched them roll lightly hither and thither, glowing with prismatic colors.Ammonia and glycerine are all very well, cried the invalid, in a thin, meek voice, that quavered up and down, but I blew bigger and finer with mother's soft soap, when a youngster. They were full half a bushel round.This isn't much less, said Mollie, after a few seconds' diligent application to her task, withdrawing her head to view the yellow trophy at a distance.Nothing could be finer! It's gone 1 Those little Ones on the flannel are almost all left. I'll take up one, I think they blow brighter)?As she bent forward the door suddenly Opened, and a rude draught shattered the whole fragile array; and a young man entered in a hurry.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Peace Pelican, Spinster: A Love StoryGorgeous they were, and intangible as poets' dreams, every moment freshly born, orbing to the full, then shattered.There was something pathetic in the little tableau. The actors were conscious of it, though it didn't seem to mar their amusement.They were only two - a sick old man, and the girl, bending such earnest attention on the pipe between her rosy lips. The contracted muscles on one side the invalid's face told of paralysis. He was watching the sport with pleased attention (albeit love Of his grace ful playmate was its chief element), as he lay back in his stuffed reclining chair.The kneeling maiden's face was bright with the frolic. Before her was spread a gray blanket shawl on which she skillfully threw a troop of the painted spheres, and watched them roll lightly hither and thither, glowing with prismatic colors.Ammonia and glycerine are all very well, cried the invalid, in a thin, meek voice, that quavered up and down, but I blew bigger and finer with mother's soft soap, when a youngster. They were full half a bushel round.This isn't much less, said Mollie, after a few seconds' diligent application to her task, withdrawing her head to view the yellow trophy at a distance.Nothing could be finer! It's gone 1 Those little Ones on the flannel are almost all left. I'll take up one, I think they blow brighter)?As she bent forward the door suddenly Opened, and a rude draught shattered the whole fragile array; and a young man entered in a hurry.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.