Hot Town: And Other Stories

ISBN-13: 9780987966582 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 225 str.

Janet Trull

Opis

The small town is a haven in an unruly world. There is much reassurance in the familiar. Shirley at the post office knows everybody s name. Bingo is every Wednesday night at the Legion. The community pulls together unquestioningly for funerals, fires and parades. A small town sets the parameters for personal successes and takes the blame for failures.
Hot Town and other stories is a book about people who exchange their high expectations for belonging. Small town people are loyal and resilient, with histories steeped in both tradition and subversion. They tolerate disappointment well, while a betrayal is never forgotten. Memory is the foundation of the small town, accurate or not. And memory runs deep, deeper than the abandoned gravel pit north of the tracks."