This Is Only a Test (Paperback, Break Away Book Club Edition)

On April 27, 2011, just days after learning of their pregnancy, B. J. Hollars, his wife, and their future son endured the onslaught of an EF-4 tornado. There, while huddled in a bathtub in their Alabama home, mortality flashed before their eyes. With the last of his computer battery, Hollars began recounting the experience, and would continue to do so in the following years, writing his way out of one disaster only to find himself caught up in another. Tornadoes, drownings, and nuclear catastrophes force him to acknowledge the inexplicable, while he attempts to overcome his greatest fear-the impossibility of protecting his newborn son from the world's cruelties. Hollars creates a constellation of grief, tapping into the rarely acknowledged intersection between fatherhood and fear, sacrifice and safety, and the humbling effect of losing control of our lives.

General

Imprint:	Indiana University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2016
First published:	2015
Authors:	B. J. Hollars
Dimensions:	203 x 133 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	180
Edition:	Break Away Book Club Edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-253-01817-5
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Fiction > Special features > Short stories
LSN:	0-253-01817-X
Barcode:	9780253018175

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