A History Of Heartache
In This Debut Collection, Celebrated Journalist Patrick StricklandS Vivid And CharacterDriven Stories Are As True To Life As His AwardWinning Reportage.In A History Of Heartache, Boys Grow Up Fast In The Blazing Heat Of North Texas, And Men Grow Old Before Their Time. A Wayward Son Rides Shotgun Into A Night He CanT Take Back. A Janitor At An Abortion Clinic CanT Outrun A GhostOr A Camera. Strickland Writes With ClearEyed Realism And Unsparing Craftsmanship About Common PeopleFathers And Sons; Widowers And JunkiesPoised On The KnifeEdge Of Hope.With Taut Sentences And A Wicked Sense Of Humor, These 14 Stories Chart The Small Mercies And Big Mistakes That Make A Life: The Songs We Inherit, The Bottles We Empty, The Tools We Fashion From WhateverS At Hand. Gritty And Tender In The Same Breath, This Debut Fiction Collection Asks What It Costs To Stay, What It Takes To Leave, And Who We Become When We Do. Readers Of Denis Johnson And Ron Rash Will Recognize The Hard Light, Bruised Humor, And Sudden Grace That Burn Through These Pages.
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