It falls gently all around and other stories / Ramona Reeves.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reeves, Ramona, author.

Series:

Pitt Drue Heinz Lit Prize

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Man-woman relationships--Fiction.

Man-woman relationships.

American Dream--Fiction.

American Dream.

Short stories, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2022]

Summary:

Winner, 2023 Sergio Troncoso Award for Best Book of Fiction, Texas Institute of LettersHappiness and connection prove fickle in this debut collection of eleven linked stories introducing Babbie and Donnie. She is a thrice-divorced former call girl, and he is a sobriety-challenged trucker turned yogi. Along with their community of exes, in-laws, and coworkers, Babbie and Donnie share a longing to reforge their lives, a task easier said than done in Mobile, Alabama, which bears its own share of tainted history. Despite overwhelming challenges and the ever-looming specters of status, race, and class, the characters in It Falls Gently All Around and Other Stories strive for versions of the American dream through modern and often unconventional means. Told with humor and honesty, these stories remind us not only about the fallibility of being human and the resistance of some to change but also about finding redemption in unlikely places.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Last Call

The Balanced Side

Sighting Dolphins

It Falls Gently All Around

Giving Way to ZZ Top

Aphrodite Reclining

Anniversary

The Right Side of the Dash

The Once Famous Pair

Queen of Frogs

Wheel of Fortune

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

Drue Heinz Literature Prize

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Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Reeves, Ramona It Falls Gently All Around and Other Stories

ISBN:

9780822989240

0822989247

OCLC:

1338195680