Catho Darlington: Lessons Learned in the Space Age

Sara Marie Hogg

Xlibris Corporation, Dec 6, 2001 - Fiction - 341 pages

(Five Stars) " An enjoyable and resonating tale of creativity. Catho Darlington: Lessons Learned in the Space Age by Sara Marie Hogg (an original and genuinely talented author) is and archetypal and entertaining novel of a quirky, imaginative young girl growing up in the Ozarks Mountains in the 1950's. Revealing an isolated community rich with tradition and narrarating the trials and tribulations of adolescence in a heartwarming style, Catho Darlington is an enjoyable and re- sonating tale of creativity, perseverence, and fun."

--Midwest Book Review, Oregon, WI USA (January 4 edition)

Contents

• CALHOUN: 9
• THE BLAST OFF: 14
• MAIN STREET: 19
• THE PEOPLE: 25
• THE TEENYTINY HOUSE: 34
• BEANIE: 37
• THE FRONTIER QUEEN: 44
• THE JOB: 46
• KIDS DAY: 53
• THE GIFT: 64
• THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD: 69
• THE FIRST GRADE: 79
• THE SUMMER BLAHS: 87
• A QUICKENED PACE: 96
• UNCLE CLIFFY AND THE MONEY MAKINGMACHINE: 103
• FUNERALS: 110
• HIDEOUTS: 113
• FRANCES: 118
• THE BIG TIP: 127
• PEARLIE PARKER: 131
• THE SNOWSTORM: 137
• UNICUELY BEAUTIFUL: 142
• SLEEPING BEAUTY: 149
• JOURNEYS: 155
• A DEADLY POISON: 159
• BETSY: 167
• THE MONKEYDO: 182
• TEENIE: 185
• AUNT GLADIOLA: 193
• STARK TERROR AND THE EGGWASHING ROOM: 201
• THE THREE CROSSES: 210
• THE CORPS: 219
• A SUMMER STORM: 223
• THE SCARIEST HALLOWEEN OF ALL: 231
• THE TINGLER: 238
• ROCK AND ROLL: 247
• FLOWERY GARDEN: 255
• A DAY IN THE BIG CITY: 260
• THE SCHOOL ASSEMBLY: 265
• FREAK WAVES: 268
• STRANGE OCCURRENCES: 274
• THE SPACE AGE: 282
• FOUR EYES: 289
• THE EAR: 295
• THE GYRATING GOURMET: 304
• CATHO CHANEL: 312
• SIN AND PERDITION: 317
• THE PHARAOHS DAUGHTERS: 322
• GLAMOUR: 327
• THE UNIVERSE AND BEYOND: 335
• STUDY SHEET: 340
• Back Cover: 342

About the author

Sara Marie Hogg, Born in 1949 is a native of Missouri. She is a Fine Arts graduate of TCU (1972). Previous published works include a volume of poetry (1990), and a volume of macabre short stores (2000). She has written a humor column for her county newspaper. (HOGWASH!) Her poem, “Cry of the Osage” was honored at the First Annual Missouri Writers Week Awards for Poetry (1991). Enright House, Ireland (1992) honored her poem “Incident Near White River” with publication. Wearing her white bucks, cat’s eye glasses and a crop top fashioned at age eleven, Sara Marie Hogg, 52, hula hoops into infinity.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Catho Darlington: Lessons Learned in the Space Age
• Author: Sara Marie Hogg
• Publisher: Xlibris Corporation, 2001
• ISBN: 1465330569, 9781465330567
• Length: 341 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Humorous / General