We Have Always Been Who We Are
Ashland, OR : Blackstone Publishing, 2023, ©2023.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 221 pages ; 22 cm
In stories that evoke the haunting beauty of New England beaches and resonate with a bittersweet loneliness, Romero blurs the lines between life and death, reality and fantasy. A deceased woman counsels her son's fiancée on how to be a good wife to him, with disastrous consequences. A mysterious, commanding cat appears in a young woman's home, as inexplicable as the demise of her years-long relationship with her boyfriend. At turns humorous, sorrowful, and whimsical, this collection spans the familiar setting of a college town supermarket to eerie dystopias that are not just post-pandemic, but post-art. Romero masterfully conveys the follies of youth and the regrets of life, and a sense of loss--of a relationship, a child, a time before--pervades each page.
Contents:
Cloud nine -- My first confession -- Make a break -- Adjust your frequency -- Checked out -- A debt of gratitude -- Ashes to ashes -- No good answer -- What I meant to say -- Things I will never get back -- The jar -- The moment wasn't ours to begin with -- Them apples -- The seal queen -- No one is waiting for me -- You are approaching your destination -- One day you will know what to do -- Motherworld -- In the herenot -- Three ways to lose her -- We have always been who we are -- How whales came to be.
ISBN:
9798200884100
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Romero | Main (Downtown) | Display - Second Level, Fiction | In |