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Near Strangers
Paperback
Series: Autumn House Press Fiction Prize
General FictionGeneral GLBTQIA Fiction
Publisher Price: $18.95
ISBN13: 9781637681008
Publisher: Autumn House Press
Published: Oct 11 2024
Pages: 156
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.60 Depth: 8.10
Language: English
Featured in Electric Lit's 15 Small Press Books You Should Be Reading This Winter
Award-winning author Marian Crotty's sophomore collection centers on resilient female protagonists and offers a view into queer life and love outside of its major coastal cities. The characters in Crotty's collection are searching--for understanding, acceptance, or forgiveness.
In the title story, an elderly rape crisis volunteer's advocacy for a survivor leads her to reexamine her role in estrangement from her son; in Halloween, a queer teen is counseled through heartbreak by her unlucky-in-love grandmother; and in Family Resemblance, a group of families whose children share the same sperm donor is disrupted by the arrival of a minor celebrity.
While marginalization, loneliness, and bigotry hover in the distance of Near Strangers, the book's tone is hopeful and invites readers to reflect on our shared human experience with empathy.
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