Snail's Pace is a space opera/ comedy of manners about Susannah, a Victorian woman who finds herself governess to an alien on a spaceship. Susannah did not expect this, and her intrepid British spirit and sense of superiority are severely tested by the experience of being employed by creatures who look like giant snails -- particularly when they actually crawl on the dining table to eat their meal. Susannah's hubris and naivete get her into trouble, and ultimately, it is only her slimy student … [Read more...] about Snail’s Pace by Susan McDonough-Wachtman