Yraid

A lonely young graduate begins to look around her, with a view to relating to her neighbors. She first needs to relate to her parents, whose marriage is ending. And she has only her tenuous relationship with her former college roommate, to steer her through the world of new ideas.

"Yraid", as you must have figured out, is just "Diary" spelled backwards. This has no deep significance, except that this is the first story I ever wrote in the First Person, and I thought it was like writing a journal. I could not think of a cleverer title, that's all.

Added later: It is now 2022, and I feel that Yraid is one of my better stories :) Some things are a little complicated; for instance if I make a remark about something I believe, readers could be forgiven for jumping to the conclusion that I, the author, believes that. Generally speaking, I avoid putting in the lips of a character some wild belief to which I as the author don't subscribe.

All the characters in the story are--to my 2022 mind--impossibly innocent and naive! There are innocent and naive people in the world, and they have to be cherished. I hope you read the book before you read this long description!

The author.