Tales of a Traveling Saleslady: The Cage
Linda Aksomitis
Historical / Historical Fiction
Hawk, known many years ago as Trashcan Hochley, is the attendant at an aging hotel/bar establishment where his desk is safely enclosed at the front door in a cage with bars. When saleslady, Ashley Adams, lands in a new city without a reservation and is forced to take a room in what even he'd describe as a "dive," Hawk is drawn back through his own memories to contemplate his life and choices.Stories in the Tales of A Traveling Saleslady series take a voyage through the metamorphosis of an ex-farm wife into a woman of the world in 1985. From small towns on the Canadian prairies to the Los Angeles County Fair, Ashley Adams, the saleslady, finds herself in a perpetual state of limbo. On one hand her new lifestyle alienates her from the life she's always known, while on the other, she's still a naive country girl who often finds herself in unexpected predicaments as she does here in The Cage. Each of the stories is narrated, not by the saleslady, but by the people she encounters on her journey.In The Cage, Hawk, known many years ago as Trashcan Hochley, is the attendant at an aging hotel/bar establishment where his desk is safely enclosed at the front door in a cage with bars. When saleslady, Ashley Adams, lands in a new city without a reservation and is forced to take a room in what even he'd describe as a "dive," Hawk is drawn back through his own memories to contemplate his life and how he has ended up working the night shift in a cage.The Cage is about life--the choices we make and the ones we avoid.
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