A Gathering of Broken Mirrors

Memories of Survivors in New York

by Anthony E. Shaw

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Pub Date Nov 10 2021 | Archive Date Dec 01 2021

Atmosphere Press

General Fiction (Adult) | Multicultural Interest

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Description

A Gathering of Broken Mirrors tells twenty-four New York stories that are jagged pieces of a broken mirror. These distinct voices of the famous, the infamous, and the anonymous, through the shards of their memories, open the hard road to what’s next.

A Note From the Publisher

Anthony E. Shaw is a management consultant, former chief examiner and deputy mayor of the City of Yonkers, New York, and founder and former director of the Internal Control Unit of the New York City Department of Investigation. He served as North American vice president for human resources at Danzas/AEI Air and Ocean Logistics. He is a proud product of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, and a graduate of New York City public schools and City University. He is the author of The Faithful Manager (2013) and Wolfe Studies (2020). He lives in Scarsdale, New York, with his wife, Bonnie, who is a proud American of Chinese descent, and son, Ethan, a bilingual American of Chinese-Sicilian-African American descent.

Anthony E. Shaw is a management consultant, former chief examiner and deputy mayor of the City of Yonkers, New York, and founder and former director of the Internal Control Unit of the New York City...

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A Note From the Publisher

Anthony E. Shaw is a management consultant, former chief examiner and deputy mayor of the City of Yonkers, New York, and founder and former director of the Internal Control Unit of the New York City Department of Investigation. He served as North American vice president for human resources at Danzas/AEI Air and Ocean Logistics. He is a proud product of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, and a graduate of New York City public schools and City University. He is the author of The Faithful Manager (2013) and Wolfe Studies (2020). He lives in Scarsdale, New York, with his wife, Bonnie, who is a proud American of Chinese descent, and son, Ethan, a bilingual American of Chinese-Sicilian-African American descent.

Advance Praise

“. . . an ambitious, varied collection with a number of standout stories. . . Shaw shows flashes of brilliance and is able to move readers. . . This meticulous volume is a courageous attempt to reflect the multifaceted nature of New York life, and the final offering, which portrays the empty metropolis as ‘drained of its blood,’ is both timely and chilling. . . intelligently conceived.”

-- Kirkus Reviews

“The stories are so striking; I can taste the meals described and hear the characters speaking. They are intense! The memories jump off the page! I’ve lived in the Big Apple and written about it for so many years, yet these stories paint vivid images of the city that are new to me. Particularly for me, the stories of the yin and yang of the Chinese immigrant experience in New York ring personal and true. The craftsmanship is superior.”

-- Rebecca Liew, short story author and poet, World Journal

“. . . an ambitious, varied collection with a number of standout stories. . . Shaw shows flashes of brilliance and is able to move readers. . . This meticulous volume is a courageous attempt to...

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