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Marry or Burn

by Valerie Trueblood
Marry or Burn

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ISBN13: 9781582435985
ISBN10: 1582435987
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From the author of Seven Loves comes this austere, passionately shaped collection of stories that courageously explores the dynamic nature of modern marriage, the life-shattering heartbreak that often accompanies its collapse, and the fickle way in which the boundaries between us can be broken, erased, and newly defined.

At her daughters wedding, an alcoholic widow finds a new beginning when she is swept off her feet by the brides former secret lover. A man finds himself in a position of terrible power when he discovers his ex-wifes boyfriend with another woman. A woman who killed her policeman husband in a rage struggles to reconcile feelings of emotional worthlessness and a longing for human affection after two decades in prison. A widower of twenty-three years introduces his wary daughters to his new love, a woman whom he has decided to marry one week after meeting, and who once took an axe to a bear to save her husband.

Trueblood unites past and present through her characters complex personalities as she skillfully unravels their tumultuous relationships, giving readers a glimpse into marital circumstances that, though often tragic, will surely ring familiar.

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"Marry or Burn is a large-hearted, utterly human collection of life-experienced narratives so full that it is difficult to read more than one consecutively." —Irish Times

"Marry or Burn resolutely probes the idea and range of marriage, letting us gaze at a variety of couplings from differing angles, forming a dangerous, sharp-edged mosaic." —The Seattle Times


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ISBN:
9781582435985
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
11/01/2010
Publisher:
IPS TWO RIVERS PGW CONSORTIUM
Pages:
294
Height:
.83IN
Width:
6.00IN
Number of Units:
1
UPC Code:
4294967295
Author:
Valerie Trueblood
Subject:
Man-woman relationships
Subject:
Literature-A to Z

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