Old Songs in a New Cafe: Selected Essays

by Robert James Waller

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780446671026
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	07/01/1995
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	631,562
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Robert James Waller is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel The Bridges of Madison County —which was adapted into both a film and Broadway musical. Waller is also a photographer and musician. His other popular works include Old Songs in a New Café: Selected Essays, Border Music, Puerto Vallarta Squeeze, and his book of photographs, Images.

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

Waller, whose The Bridges of Madison County has been on PW's bestseller list since August 1992, offers 19 essays about love, life and death, written between 1983 and 1989. (July)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Previously published in two separate volumes, these 19 essays by best-selling author Waller (The Bridges of Madison County, LJ 3/1/92) provide various, intimate, and stimulating reflections. Among them are his expressions of love for a newly grown daughter (``Excavating Rachael's Room''), a loving tribute to his wife of over 30 years (``Slow Waltz for Georgia Ann''), portraits of personal and often irregular heroes (``The Boy from the Burma Hump''), and multiple celebrations of things that he loves. These include music, travel, basketball, nature, and, above all, romance. In the revelation of his loves, one0 discovers the essential Waller, a man who writes both to find and to express himself. In sharing his own strong passions, Waller demonstrates his gift for expressing feelings that all people have but do not think that others have. Public libraries will want this. [Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 12/93.]-Marie L. Lally, Alabama Sch. of Mathematics & Science, Mobile

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