From Publishers Weekly
For two years artist Dorothea Howard has been embedding fragments of pottery, wire and glass in the wall of black volcanic rock on her property near Taos. Her solitude is broken when her old friend Ricky, a British travel writer dying of cancer, arrives, saying simply he was drawn to visit. While trying to unravel Dorothea's complex, frightening dreams which feature a 19th century lawyer who is a survivor of the French Revolution, Ricky urges his reluctant friend to show others the wall and move ahead in her artistic career. Then a group of Chicano teen-agers hunted by the police takes over the house. Dorothea's wall is discovered and Ricky's illness goes into crisis. Dorothea, awake, is confronted by her dream-ghost and must act on her convictions as moral, compassionate being and artist. Charnas (The Vampire Tapestry, is billed as a fantasy writer, but this novel, as beautifully layered as Dorothea's wall, is also a very human story about love and loss and continuation. Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Washington Post
"Fascinating reading...Dorothea is a magnificent creation."

Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Spunk and intelligence...excitement anchored in character."

Coast Book Review Service
"Weaves an element of fantasy throughout its realistic story, with sensitive, memorable characters and a compelling plot. A winner."

Book Description
A reclusive artist is visited by a dying friend, a ghost from the past, and an angry boy with hostages at his mercy; the outside world imposes brutal demands that she must meet with courage and imagination, to avert disaster. "Spunk and intelligence . . . excitement anchored in character."—Kirkus(starred review)"Weaves an element of fantasy throughout its realistic story, with sensitive, memorable characters and a compelling plot. A winner."—Coast Book Review Service"You'll be enthralled . . . A superb novel about art, death, and courage."—Aboriginal Science Fiction

About the Author
Suzy McKee Charnas lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is the author of five previous novels, among them The Vampire Tapestry, which included her Nebula Award-winning novella, "The Unicorn Tapestry."

FROM THE PUBLISHER

When a reclusive artist is visited by a dying friend, a ghost from the past, and an angry boy with hostages at his mercy in Dorothea Dreams, the outside world imposes brutal demands that she must meet with courage and imagination, to avert disaster.

"Spunk and intelligence...excitement anchored in character." (Kirkus Reviews, starred review)

"Weaves an element of fantasy throughout its realistic story, with sensitive, memorable characters and a compelling plot. A winner." (Coast Book Review Service)

"Fascinating reading...Dorothea is a magnificent creation." (Washington Post)

Author Bio: Suzy McKee Charnas lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is the author of five previous novels, among them The Vampire Tapestry, which included her Nebula Award-winning novella, "The Unicorn Tapestry."

FROM THE CRITICS

Publishers Weekly