Past as Prologue: A Family History

This saga of a real-life northeast Texas family spans generations. It is narrated by an aging descendant who uses real names in depicting the undisguised lives she has pieced together from photographs, memories, and historical records. While clinging tightly to fact, she has freed her imagination to infuse that fact with life. The strong first-person perspective lends a here-and-now immediacy to long-ago events.