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Lost Person Behavior - Stories (Paperback)
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Lost Person Behavior - Stories (Paperback)
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Loot Price R348
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A magnetic debut collection of stories about the daily lives and
labors of girls and women in rural America. In Call Up the Waters,
the natural world is an escape hatch, a refuge, a site of work, and
an occasional antagonist. In the title story, a devastating drought
leads a mother of two deep into the Colorado Rockies in search of
water. In “The Handler,” a woman leaves her boyfriend for the
New Hampshire woods and fifty-seven sled dogs. A distress call from
a boat in Massachusetts Bay compels a mother, in “Sea Women,”
to plumb her daughter’s secrets. A girl torn between truth and
expectation shows her courage in a funereal performance in “Barn
Burning.” And in “Bending the Map,” a woman turns the tables
on her obsessive, would-be lover after a powerful storm ravages her
canyon home. The characters in these ten
stories—search-and-rescue workers, dog trainers, naturalists,
archaeologists, and dowsers—are each fundamentally shaped by the
environment in which they live and work. They seek meaning through
labor, connection through jobs. But in that searching they often
find themselves far from their destination. Familiar landscapes
suddenly feel strange. Unfamiliar spaces offer something like hope.
Off the map and off the grid, these characters, and their regrets
and devotions, are nevertheless immediately, intimately
recognizable. Sharply observant but steadily elegant, textured with
empathy and grit, Call Up the Waters marks the arrival of a
remarkable new talent.
General
Imprint: |
Milkweed Editions
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
August 2023 |
Authors: |
Amber Caron
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Dimensions: |
215 x 139mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
200 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-63955-044-9 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-63955-044-5 |
Barcode: |
9781639550449 |
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