Safe places : stories / Kerry Dolan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dolan, Kerry, author.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Juniper Prize for Fiction

Juniper prize for fiction

Language:

English

Genre:

Short stories.

Physical Description:

162 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Exploring the vagaries of life, human connection, and desire, the twelve stories of Safe Places navigate the fault lines of existence. Shifting from New York and Chicago to the American West and the Australian outback, Kerry Dolan's characters move through an uncertain and unpredictable world, confronting situations that are alternately menacing, tragic, and funny. An aspiring anthropologist falls under the sway of her fortuneteller. An American tourist catches opal fever in an Australian mining town and binds herself to a man she despises. Two hitchhiking teens take a ride with a mysterious stranger, while an unstable graduate student stalks the object of his affections across Berkeley. Assured and distinctive, the voice-driven stories of this debut collection capture the restless heart of characters in a state of flux, as they try-and frequently fail-to move beyond chance and circumstance"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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A Perfect Day at Riis Park

Fortunetellers in Williamsburg

Lightning Ridge

Those Delusions of Grandeur

Quarters

People from Chicago

Lies and Funerals, Complexications

The Boy

Rancho Village

Safe Places

Falling Off the George Washington Bridge.

Notes:

Juniper prize for fiction

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Beardwood Fund bookplate.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Dolan, Kerry. Safe places

ISBN:

9781625346391

1625346395

OCLC:

1284917801