DEAR CORPUS CHRISTI celebrates the quirky lives of ordinary Americans to which fortunately fiction from time to time returns. The novel, in the form of a journal, is a loving memoir to a time and a place, and the people who lived in their context. Eve LaSalle Caram is interested in the past as it intersects with and illuminates the present and provides a sense of community. Dear Corpus Christi is a novel of honesty and gift.
Editorial Reviews
Review A novel that speaks of ephemeral joy. -- Cathy Downs (English Professor, Texas A&M)
Dear Corpus Christi is and accomplished and compelling novel. -- Robert Love Taylor
Wonderful and very touching. -- John Rechy
From the Publisher DEAR CORPUS CHRISTI is a letter-novel written from the point of view of a professional woman writing letters to her childhoog and home town. This is a gentle, unassuming and highly creative novel form - the letter.