Caught in the midst of a spiritual metamorphosis she is hardly aware of, Norah is torn between two worlds: the one she expects . . . and the one she suspects. She marries a scientist who scoffs at her peculiar feelings in just the way that science can. While Norah attempts to suppress what her spirit is trying to teach her, angels appear and challenge her to look deeper within for the elusive truth. She is a reckless and undisciplined young white woman, desperate for answers to questions she is only now learning and daring to ask. For reasons she barely understands, she ands herself drawn to a wise meta-physician. Norah becomes his student and, through his illuminations, begins to feel her mystical consciousness break free and birth. As her grasp of the world around her is rened, she turns to her West Indian friends, who for Norah be-come the creation that slavery left behind. Told from multiple characters' points of view and in the first person, Norah's unconventional tale progresses toward the awakening of her past life as an African slave, through which racism, intolerance and greed echo still. Split between cultures, colors, beliefs and even lifetimes, Norah's perspective on race and the history of hate is the ultimate catalyst for her transformation. Hers is a magical journey of loss, discovery and love that meanders naturally like a river across space and time, drifting from Los Angeles to the Caribbean islands of St. Lucia, Martinique, Guadeloupe and Dominica. Pamela Klein was an editor at the L.A. Weekly , one of the largest alternative newspapers in America. Twice each year she explored the Caribbean and wrote about race and culture for various travel and literary magazines. In 2001, she moved to St. Thomas and now lives with her husband and daughter near San Juan, Puerto Rico. Some Feet Not Meant for Shoes By Pamela Klein iUniverse, Inc. Copyright © 2011 Pamela Klein All right reserved. ISBN: 978-1-4620-1848-2 Contents Prologue....................................................xiSeven Days..................................................1Crack Norah, 1991, Los Angeles..............................3Alchemy Norah, 1996, Martinique.............................14Malaise Norah, 1997, St Lucia..............................23Possibility Norah, 1994, Los Angeles........................31Wound Norah, 1997, Guadeloupe...............................40Suffering Norah, 1992, Los Angeles..........................48Temple Norah, 2000, Los Angeles.............................57Night Has a Thousand Eyes...................................65Casserole Lisa, 1991, Los Angeles...........................67Candle Sylvia, 1996, Martinique.............................77Positive Falcon, 1997, St Lucia............................87Color Olivia, 1999, Los Angeles.............................94Barefoot Bernadette, 1997, Guadeloupe,......................105Starburst Anne, 1992, Los Angeles...........................117Atlas Vincent, 2000, Los Angeles............................129Three-Fifths................................................139Gardenia Norah, 1991, Los Angeles...........................141Man Norah, 1996, Martinique.................................150Sacred Norah, 1997, St Lucia...............................161Physiognomy Norah, 2000, Los Angeles........................173Courage Norah, 1997, Guadeloupe.............................185Perfection Norah, 1992, Los Angeles.........................197Incarnadine Norah, 2000, Los Angeles........................210Black This and Black That...................................225Purple Lisa, 1991, Los Angeles..............................227Longing Sylvia, 1996, Martinique............................241Vein Falcon, 1997, St Lucia................................258Represent Olivia, 2001, Los Angeles.........................272Dirt Bernadette, 1997, Guadeloupe...........................288Agape Anne, 1994, Los Angeles...............................306Controllable Vincent, 2002, Los Angeles.....................321The Bouquet.................................................339Sacrifice Norah, 1991, Los Angeles..........................341Eternity Norah, 1996, Martinique............................359Iration Norah, 1997, St Lucia..............................370Roots Norah, 2002, Los Angeles..............................385White Norah, 1997, Guadeloupe...............................401Hope Norah, 1994, Los Angeles...............................415Liberation Norah, 2003, Dominica............................428Afterword...................................................445 Chapter One Crack Norah, 1991, Los Angeles I know the icy cold splash of something fluid that resembles water, can testify to it in a voice that is a bit like my own. It is a rational voice in an irrational moment, one that strikes me on a Friday evening on the very first day of February. I hear on the car radio, on the local NPR affiliate, KCRW, that there has been a plane