No Diving Allowed.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marburg, Louise.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Swimming.

Genre:

Short stories.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (122 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Regal House Publishing, 2021.

Summary:

From F. Scott Fitzgerald to John Cheever, the swimming pool has long held a unique place in the mythos of the American idyll, by turns status symbol and respite. The fourteen stories that comprise NO DIVING ALLOWED fearlessly plunge the depths of the human condition as award-winning author Louise Marburg freights her narratives with the often unfathomable pressure of what lies beneath. In Identical, sibling rivalry between brothers exposes lingering resentments of men who never made peace with boyhood animosities; Let Me Stay With You follows a man whose innocent attention to a child is gravely misunderstood. The trials of a fractured family come to the fore in the trenchant, unapologetic Minor Thefts. Siblings, friends, parents, couples, children: the characters in these stories ask how much any of us can bear before we break. Marburg's writing is agile, witty, and crisply spare. These are tales of regret and mercy, of bonds forged and frayed, and most of all our individual capacity to love even that which damns us. As readers of these pages will learn, the difference between swimming and drowning is often nothing more than the will to live.

Contents:

Intro

Praise for No Diving Allowed

No Diving Allowed

Copyright © 2021 Louise Marburg. All rights reserved.

Dedication

Identical

Wildebeest

Creamer's House

The Bottom of the Deep End

Minor Thefts

Day Three

Attractive Nuisance

Dulaney Girls

Let Me Stay with You

Pulling Toward Meanness

Play Nice, Be Good

All Pies Look Delicious

Talk to Me

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-64603-102-4

OCLC:

1227395006