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Problem You Have: Stories

Problem You Have: Stories

McBrearty, Robert Garner

Paperback

Series: Lynn and Lynda Miller Southwest Fiction

General FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 0826367739
ISBN13: 9780826367730
Publisher: Unm Press
Published: Mar 18 2025
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.59 Depth: 8.43
Language: English
The Sisyphean characters in The Problem You Have may not be pushing a giant rock up a hill, but they are unlikely to ever get where they are going. Yet despite knowing that, they push on and work with graceful resignation. In McBrearty's newest collection a diverse group of characters encounter turning points. A minor criminal seeking warmth on a frigid night climbs through a farmhouse window to discover more than he ever expected. A dying soldier recalls the man he left behind. In one horrible afternoon, a college professor realizes the only sanctuary is love. An over-the-hill pitcher refuses to get off the mound. A young couple meets the couple they never want to become. Some of the stories hold dark themes, yet McBrearty masterfully infuses the work with humor and compassion, rendering the characters within them relatable. Even with themes of loss or what might have been, the collection sings notes of what might yet be, for both the characters and the reader.

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