Catastrophe : a novella / Deirdre Danklin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Danklin, Deirdre, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Female friendship--Fiction.

Female friendship.

Genre:

novellas.

Fantasy fiction.

Fiction.

Novellas.

Physical Description:

vii, 186 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

Huntsville, Texas : TRP, The University Press of SHSU, [2022]

Summary:

"At fourteen, two schoolgirls slit their palms with safety scissors and promised to be in each other's lives forever. One, with a small spark of magical power, can hear her friend's thoughts even as she rebels, runs away, and ends up in a chrome trailer in a desert. The other hears nothing, but still addresses her thoughts to her lost friend as she gets married, has a baby, and tries to build a stable life. When catastrophe hits the world, the desert woman takes in a gangly girl and tries to use her small power to stave off a doomsday church waiting for rain, a mean-spirited ex-girlfriend, and hopelessness that things will ever improve. The other woman flees with her family to a rich uncle's cabin in the woods. When a scraggly stranger shows up asking for shelter, the woman is torn between safety and compassion, especially when she finds out there's a gun in the garage"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Clay Reynolds Novella Prize, 2021

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Danklin, Deirdre. Catastrophe

ISBN:

9781680032734

1680032739

OCLC:

1269093532

Publisher Number:

99991070157