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Stories by Sandra Thompson

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“Deceptively quiet pieces that periodically kick out with deadly accuracy . . . A strong, sometimes devastating but ultimately hopeful collection by an exciting and gifted writer.”
—The Nation

"'Ashes,' a daughter's story of her dying mother, is the little masterpiece of the group, lovely in its grief and guaranteed to show up in future anthologies."
—Charlotte Observer


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Sandra Thompson takes us inside the lives of women struggling to find their places among lovers, husbands and ex-husbands, mothers, and children in relationships where old rules do not apply and new rules have not yet been set.

Thompson's characters live in a world where dreams often supersede reality and things are not as they seem. Her style is sophisticated and subtle, and we experience her stories almost by osmosis. They stay with us afterwards to question their own realities.
Series/imprint:
Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction

Page count: 116
Trim size: 5.5 x 8.5

 

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978-0-8203-4082-1
10/1/2011
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978-0-8203-4207-8
10/1/2011
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Sandra Thompson is the author of Wild Bananas, a novel, and was an editor and columnist for the St. Petersburg Times. A native of Chicago and longtime resident of Brooklyn, she lives in Tampa, Florida, with her husband, Chris Sherman.