Broken Bone

Welcome to the wild world of Broken Bone Sheila Fitzgerald Short sees life as a heady negus of loss and love, big words, and strange beverages. Dickie Short, her son, thinks his best friend Kevin can fly. Randa can't commit to a redecorating scheme, and Eloise Tristler wants to be mayor. Kevin loses his pants, and loves to explore rooftops. Broken Bone was, and wasn't. Tampa Bay (make that St. Petersburg Bay ) and the Gulf of Mexico will never be the same.From 1872 to the present, these characters-and many more-fly, fall, laugh, drink and dance in Broken Bone, a collection of loosely connected stories. Difficult donkeys, a new religion, and rain that never falls: all get to seem so normal. Life, Sheila Fitzgerald tells us, is an oubliette-and the only way out is UP