Ironweed Shakespeare "This is my cow

"This is my cow

watching refugees throw themselves at barbed-wire fences

or her sister’s brutal murder

but will also put each one of us on the road to optimum health

each one a story featuring a lovable animal character that achieves something amazing

Ironweed Shakespeare "This is my cowIn this Pulitzer Prize winning novel, the third in Kennedys Albany cycle, Francis Phelan, ex ballplayer, part time gravedigger, and full time bum with the gift of gab, has hit bottom. Years earlier hed left Albany after he dropped his infant son accidentally, and the boy died. Now, in 1938, Francis is back in town, roaming the old familiar streets with his hobo pal, Helen, trying to make peace with the ghosts of the past and present.