The Bright World of Mary by Mary C. Foley is a tender and affectionate journey through sensation, fantasy, and imagination. It is a journey that leads the reader into a bright world to a sunny universe of cheerful thoughts and shining ideas. Mary Catherine Foley uses her words as the brush uses the painter. Her page is a canvas overflowing with purpose and emotion. Her tales demonstrate that life itself is vibrant—some lively and happy, some gentle and quiet, some edged with melancholy—but all of a lovely completeness.