In The Viewing Room, two hospital chaplains console the living
during the moments when they look upon their beloved dead for one
last time in a large urban hospital in Los Angeles. But this room
is also a character, linking stories together and bearing witness
in chilling testimony of grief and wisdom. Henrietta and Maurice,
the chaplains, are ministers who have lost their faith due to
devastating personal tragedy. Still, they regain their hold on
their own lives through their work, one death at a time. Jacquelin
Gorman lays bare nine parallel worlds of suffering in stories of
unflinching detail, vividly told with heart, guts, and compassion.
In these pages, the children are both murderers and victims, and
the adults fare no better: a teenage father shakes his screaming
baby to death; high school surfers kill the homeless for sport as a
way of cleaning up their beaches; a Muslim basketball player
readies her best friend for burial with a sacred ritual that
reveals forbidden love; a scorned ex-wife leaves a message in
permanent ink on the body of her betrayer; and a pet therapy dog's
unconditional love for a decaying body memorializes the spirit
within. This moving and unsettling collection of stories shines a
piercing light on the dark corners of our modern world,
illuminating necessary truths that convey a clearer and,
undoubtedly, greater vision of humanity.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Georgia Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction Series |
| Release date: |
February 2017 |
| Authors: |
Jacquelin Gorman
|
| Series editors: |
Nancy Zafris
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 9mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
152 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8203-5145-2 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Special features >
Short stories
|
| LSN: |
0-8203-5145-8 |
| Barcode: |
9780820351452 |
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