Each of the crystalline worlds Cary Holladay brings us in the short
stories and novella that make up Brides in the Sky has sisterhood,
in all its urgency and peril, at its heart. In the title story, two
women in 1850s Virginia marry brothers who promptly uproot them to
follow the Oregon Trail west, until an unexpected shift of
allegiance separates the sisters forever. Elsewhere in the book, a
young boy's kidnapping ignites tensions in a sorority house;
frontier figure Cynthia Ann Parker struggles upon her return to her
birth community from the Comanche people with whom she's lived a
full life; and in a metafictional twist, a gothic tale resonates in
the present. In the novella, "A Thousand Stings," three sisters
come of age in the 1960s over a long summer of small-town scandal
and universal stakes. These are just some of the lives, shaped by
migrations, yearning, and the long shadows of myth, that Holladay
creates. She crafts them with subtle humor, a stunning sense of
place, and an unerring eye for character.
General
| Imprint: |
Swallow Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
2019 |
| First published: |
2018 |
| Authors: |
Cary Holladay
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
182 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8040-1203-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Special features >
Short stories
|
| LSN: |
0-8040-1203-2 |
| Barcode: |
9780804012034 |
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