Don't Tell Your Mother Author:Elaine R. Warick From a World War II plane crash to chasing an axe murderer, Donīt Tell Your Mother is an episodic novel told from the point of view of a young girl as she negotiates life in Arizona with her angry, bitter mother and her charming polo-player father, all against the backdrop of World War II. Her accounts are humorous, dry, and have a detachment fo... more »und only in an innocent but resilient child.
On her journey from childhood to adolescence she tries to comprehend adult behavior. Along the way she is exposed to molestation, a friendīs incest, a strangerīs suicide, a hacksaw murderer adultery, mental illness, a gangster, and an escaped German prisoner. She also experiences great love and tenderness from ordinary people: housekeepers, gardeners, teacher, neighbors, and relatives.
Several of the chapters in this book have been previously published: "Winnie Ruth Judd" in Phantasmagoria ; "Mrs. King" in RE:AL, A Literary Journal and "Cousin Chickie," in Oregon East.« less