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A Record of Our Debts: Short Stories
Laura Hendrix Ezell
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Description for A Record of Our Debts: Short Stories
Paperback. Num Pages: 205 pages. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 100 x 15. Weight in Grams: 181.
In her debut collection of stories, Laura Hendrix Ezell assembles a har- monious chorus of resilient female voices—many speaking from the margins of their own lives, all contemplating their complicated relation- ships with the men who influence their trajectories. Set against rural backdrops whose emptiness and isolation hint at constrictive forces rather than wide open spaces, Ezell’s stories capture their characters not only at their most vulnerable and desperate, but also at essential moments of self-discovery, of purposeful recognition of the extenuating circumstances that have shaped their respective fates.
Throughout A Record of Our Debts, Ezell weaves together diverse, distinctive tales with remarkably fluid yet muscular prose that belies the desolate imagery contained within. These are striking, memorable odes to overcoming, though not always in ways that leave the characters whole. These are people who somehow manage to find themselves in the aftermath of loss, who uncover their own modest strengths while surrounded by so much weakness. This is a long, winding road of adolescents forced into prostitution by their own fathers, healers still haunted by the men they could not save, and widows who convert aban- doned churches into makeshift diners in the hopes of luring back their husbands’ spirits. In short, this is a powerful exploration of the human spirit at both its best and its worst.
Ezell’s figures extend well off the page, lingering in one’s memory long after the final line. For that, readers owe Ezell a debt of gratitude.
Throughout A Record of Our Debts, Ezell weaves together diverse, distinctive tales with remarkably fluid yet muscular prose that belies the desolate imagery contained within. These are striking, memorable odes to overcoming, though not always in ways that leave the characters whole. These are people who somehow manage to find themselves in the aftermath of loss, who uncover their own modest strengths while surrounded by so much weakness. This is a long, winding road of adolescents forced into prostitution by their own fathers, healers still haunted by the men they could not save, and widows who convert aban- doned churches into makeshift diners in the hopes of luring back their husbands’ spirits. In short, this is a powerful exploration of the human spirit at both its best and its worst.
Ezell’s figures extend well off the page, lingering in one’s memory long after the final line. For that, readers owe Ezell a debt of gratitude.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Moon City Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
205
Place of Publication
Springfield, United States
ISBN
9780913785720
SKU
V9780913785720
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About Laura Hendrix Ezell
Laura Hendrix Ezell’s work has appeared in Mid-America Review, McSweeney’s, and The Kenyon Review. She lives in Cookville, Tennessee , USA.