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Close to a Flame
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General FictionLiterary Fiction
Publisher Price: $24.95
ISBN13: 9781960329653
Publisher: Cornerstone Press
Published: Mar 11 2025
Pages: 182
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.42 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Named one of Literary Hub's 100 Notable Small Press Books 2025
RUNNER-UP, Literary Fiction, Midwest Book Awards (2026)
FINALIST, Fiction, Society of Midland Authors Awards (2026)
FINALIST, Short Stories, National Indie Excellence Awards (NIEA) (2025)
From a dive bar in Big Rapids, Michigan, to nowhere Ohio, and back, the characters in Close to a Flame are broken in the ways all people are. On a cross-country road trip, Robin can't stop thinking about her ex-boyfriend. Carol has grown increasingly unhappy in her long marriage to Gerald. On a summer Saturday, Christine comes through for Dalia in an important way. Pat takes his girlfriend, Katie, to San Francisco for what he hopes will be a romantic proposal. Beth's son, Jonah, gets called to the principal's office; and Jamie gets a scare from her elderly mother. With her radiant stories, Colleen Alles wants to tell you it's often the case that deep connections to other people . . . sometimes friends, sometimes sweethearts, sometimes spouses . . . help restore what's broken.
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