Old Songs in a New Cafe Selected Essays

by Waller, Robert James

• ISBN13: 9780446671026
• ISBN10: 0446671029
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-07-01
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Summary

The author of the phenomenal #1 national bestsellers The Bridges of Madison County and Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend now presents a collection of his reflections on life, love, loss, and longing--a timely treatise on the emotions of the heart, the powers of the imagination, and the infinite possibilities of being.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
Excavating Rachael's Room	p. 1
Slow Waltz for Georgia Ann	p. 9
Incident at Sweet's Marsh	p. 17
A Canticle for Roadcat	p. 25
Romance	p. 41
A Rite of Passage in Three Cushions	p. 53
The Boy from the Burma Hump	p. 63
Ridin' Along in Safety with Kennedy and Kuralt	p. 81
Jump Shots	p. 87
The Turning of Fifty	p. 97
I Am Orange Band	p. 111
Drinking Wine the New York Way	p. 117
In Cedar Key, Harriet Smith Loves Birds and Hates Plastic	p. 125
Brokerage	p. 133
Running into Perry	p. 137
The Lion of Winter	p. 141
One Good Road Is Enough	p. 147
Southern Flight	p. 157
A Matter of Honor	p. 165
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