Title: Amazing debut
Product review: Janis Ian has got to be one of the most underrated voices in the world today. From her earliest record ("Society's Child, written and recorded at age 14) to her seminal "At Seventeen", Ian has chronicled our times with a verve and bravery that sometimes border on desperation.Her contribution to this anthology, "Prayerville", is admittedly her first story. The first story she ever wrote alone?! Given that, it is stunning. Borrowing a leaf from Tennessee Williams, she begins the story with "I took the Lone Star from base down Hope Highway, where I switched to a local." She goes on to describe, in the best tradition, a true tragedy - one where both sides are right, and both sides are wrong... and there is no easy solution.If for no other reason, this book is worth purchasing to see Ian's first real entry into published prose.
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