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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"linked stories"”.
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Family traditions
… relationships form the basis for many of these stories. The works include linked stories of a fictional coven and the author's own experiences of both the absurd and the profound.
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Going Home
<p>This linked story collection explores (and raises questions about) themes such as the futility of the American Dream, the complexities of faith and despair, and the off-kilter moral balance, within ordinary people. The exploration of these themes and the narrative arc, within and between the …
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The Human Origins of Beatrice Porter and Other Essential Ghosts
The following manuscript is a collection of linked stories that follows a family from Jamaica and Trinidad to the U.S. and back. The collection focuses on two sisters' episodic journey through their sexual awakenings, their mother's illness, their father's violence and absence. In the process, the …
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Seasonal Roads
… reality in ways we can never anticipate.<br />My linked stories reflect these ideas.<br />I write as I live. </p>
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Nantucket
… (roughly the first half) of a novel told in linked stories; it is similar in form to Joan Silber's Ideas of Heaven, as well as Tommy Orange's There There.</p> <p>The novel's opening chapter tells the story of a girl named Love Coffin on the island of Nantucket around the year 1730. In the …
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Sudleigh: place and politics in the modern short story
… commentary. The story collection comprises ten linked stories all set in a fictional small town in southern England: the eponymous Sudleigh. The cycle examines ordinary lives within that landscape. While the stories may vary in their naturalism, they are linked by a common setting and a scrutiny …
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Sunset View
Sunset View is a linked collection of short fiction that explores the dynamics of dysfunctional families. Characters in this collection have been affected by the neglect, absence, or death of their family members and friends. They search for recognition and love as they try to find their place in …