In the latest of her many novels entitled “Pale of the Gods,” Cynthia Kittler offers a tale of strength, grace, and heritage in the wake of World War II. At a time when post-war America seemed on the verge of taking its giant step forward into the great twentieth century, Cynthia was a young, beautiful, intelligent woman who hoped to follow her destiny and find herself a partner to support her family. But fate had other plans. One of Cynthia’s mother’s sisters married an American serviceman, so Cynthia’s path in life would be one of separation from her much loved husband and her quest for a career. But through a series of unlikely coincidences, she would stumble upon an unlikely man with whom she would forge a lifelong relationship and spend her later years with him as his wife.
As an adult, it became increasingly clear to Cynthia that her physical short height would prevent her from entering some of the more intellectually stimulating fields of mathematics or science, which could further enhance her natural beauty, but also provide her with a sense of purpose and achievement. But as her years approached, there was still no definite plan in place to address the issue of her stature. Her studies had led her to regard herself as being unusually “short” in terms of her height, and so there were no specific recommendations as to how to best proceed. In fact, there were only a few options as to how to address the problem. One of these was to have surgery, but as Cynthia knew that this was a very expensive procedure, and as her health was ailing, she declined this option, choosing instead to explore the possibility of using a pair of high quality Crocs as a way to correct the height problem.
It was on this same trip to Paris that the true motivation for her odyssey came to light. As she shopped for shoes with her Crocs in her new home, Cynthia noticed the aged writing on one of the lower panel of the shoe. The writing was not particularly difficult to read, but it did have an interesting design to it. Upon closer inspection of the writing, however, Cynthia saw that it was written in letters that were not exactly human in form. This discovery would eventually lead her to the realization that her short stature might have been a genetic inheritance, passed down from her mother at birth, rather than being a result of her occupation.