Author: Peter Selgin
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820339695
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
The stories in Drowning Lessons engage water as both a vital and a potentially hazardous presence in our lives. "You can touch water," says Peter Selgin, "you can taste it and feel its temperature, you can even hold it in your hands. Still it remains elusive, ill-defined, shaped only by what surrounds or contains it." With empathy and wit Selgin introduces us to characters navigating the choppy waters of human relationships. In "Swimming" an avid swimmer fights the stasis in his marriage by prodding his out-of-shape but contented wife to take up the sport—with near-disastrous results. A pond is the setting of "The Wolf House," which tells of the reunion and dissolution of a group of high school friends brought together for a funeral. "The Sinking Ship Man" chronicles a day in the life of an African American caretaker in charge of the only remaining survivor of the Titanic disaster. In "El Malecón" a toothless old Dominican tries to recapture his lost dignity by "borrowing" a shiny Cadillac convertible and aiming it down the coastal highway toward his childhood village. In "The Sea Cure" two travelers in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula confront death in the form of a mysterious woman living in an abandoned beachfront apartment complex. In all thirteen tales in Drowning Lessons, Selgin exhibits a keen eye for the forces that push people toward—and sometimes beyond—their very human limits, forces as intrinsic, elemental, and elusive as the liquid that makes up two-thirds of their bodies. These stories remind us that of all bodies of water, none is deeper or more dangerous than our own.
Drowning Lessons
Author: Peter Selgin
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820339695
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
The stories in Drowning Lessons engage water as both a vital and a potentially hazardous presence in our lives. "You can touch water," says Peter Selgin, "you can taste it and feel its temperature, you can even hold it in your hands. Still it remains elusive, ill-defined, shaped only by what surrounds or contains it." With empathy and wit Selgin introduces us to characters navigating the choppy waters of human relationships. In "Swimming" an avid swimmer fights the stasis in his marriage by prodding his out-of-shape but contented wife to take up the sport—with near-disastrous results. A pond is the setting of "The Wolf House," which tells of the reunion and dissolution of a group of high school friends brought together for a funeral. "The Sinking Ship Man" chronicles a day in the life of an African American caretaker in charge of the only remaining survivor of the Titanic disaster. In "El Malecón" a toothless old Dominican tries to recapture his lost dignity by "borrowing" a shiny Cadillac convertible and aiming it down the coastal highway toward his childhood village. In "The Sea Cure" two travelers in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula confront death in the form of a mysterious woman living in an abandoned beachfront apartment complex. In all thirteen tales in Drowning Lessons, Selgin exhibits a keen eye for the forces that push people toward—and sometimes beyond—their very human limits, forces as intrinsic, elemental, and elusive as the liquid that makes up two-thirds of their bodies. These stories remind us that of all bodies of water, none is deeper or more dangerous than our own.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820339695
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
The stories in Drowning Lessons engage water as both a vital and a potentially hazardous presence in our lives. "You can touch water," says Peter Selgin, "you can taste it and feel its temperature, you can even hold it in your hands. Still it remains elusive, ill-defined, shaped only by what surrounds or contains it." With empathy and wit Selgin introduces us to characters navigating the choppy waters of human relationships. In "Swimming" an avid swimmer fights the stasis in his marriage by prodding his out-of-shape but contented wife to take up the sport—with near-disastrous results. A pond is the setting of "The Wolf House," which tells of the reunion and dissolution of a group of high school friends brought together for a funeral. "The Sinking Ship Man" chronicles a day in the life of an African American caretaker in charge of the only remaining survivor of the Titanic disaster. In "El Malecón" a toothless old Dominican tries to recapture his lost dignity by "borrowing" a shiny Cadillac convertible and aiming it down the coastal highway toward his childhood village. In "The Sea Cure" two travelers in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula confront death in the form of a mysterious woman living in an abandoned beachfront apartment complex. In all thirteen tales in Drowning Lessons, Selgin exhibits a keen eye for the forces that push people toward—and sometimes beyond—their very human limits, forces as intrinsic, elemental, and elusive as the liquid that makes up two-thirds of their bodies. These stories remind us that of all bodies of water, none is deeper or more dangerous than our own.
Ivy and Abe
Author: Elizabeth Enfield
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 071818503X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
'If you liked David Nicholls' One Day or Jojo Moyes' Me Before You, you'll love this uplifting read' Take a Break _________ Ivy is always destined to meet Abe. But when is the RIGHT time? At school, as a free spirit in her twenties or when she is married . . . to someone else? Perhaps they meet when she is a widow in her sixties? Or maybe he remains a stranger, glimpsed only fleetingly. Ivy and Abe are soulmates. But what if they meet at the WRONG time, and fate and circumstance stand in Ivy's way? Told over Ivy's lifetime, across a series of alternate realities, Ivy & Abe is a story for anyone who has ever wondered 'what if?' _________ 'Think 'Sliding Doors' meets One Day and wonder if there's a right person for everyone or just a right time' Red 'An epic love story' Araminta Hall
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 071818503X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
'If you liked David Nicholls' One Day or Jojo Moyes' Me Before You, you'll love this uplifting read' Take a Break _________ Ivy is always destined to meet Abe. But when is the RIGHT time? At school, as a free spirit in her twenties or when she is married . . . to someone else? Perhaps they meet when she is a widow in her sixties? Or maybe he remains a stranger, glimpsed only fleetingly. Ivy and Abe are soulmates. But what if they meet at the WRONG time, and fate and circumstance stand in Ivy's way? Told over Ivy's lifetime, across a series of alternate realities, Ivy & Abe is a story for anyone who has ever wondered 'what if?' _________ 'Think 'Sliding Doors' meets One Day and wonder if there's a right person for everyone or just a right time' Red 'An epic love story' Araminta Hall
The Reformed Presbyterian and Covenanter
Life Goes to the Movies
Author: Peter Selgin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
A madcap romp of friendship, movie-making, insanity and salvation. Humorous and heartrending, brilliantly executed.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
A madcap romp of friendship, movie-making, insanity and salvation. Humorous and heartrending, brilliantly executed.
Yes I Can
Author: Sammy Davis (Jr.)
Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN:
Category : African American entertainers
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN:
Category : African American entertainers
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Emergency
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Emergency medical services
Languages : en
Pages : 916
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Emergency medical services
Languages : en
Pages : 916
Book Description
The Virginia Quarterly Review
An Outline of Progressive Lessons in Composition, Language and Spelling for the Third Grade ...
Author: Anna M. Wiebalk
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Human Resource Management
Author: Raymond A. Noe
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780072285185
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780072285185
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description