Power Chris - Mothers Stories - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: An "extraordinary" (The Sunday Times) debut of unnerving beauty Chris Power's short story collection Mothers evokes the magic and despair of the essential human longing for purpose. Chris Power's stories are peopled by men and women who find themselves at crossroads or dead ends - characters who search without knowing what they seek. Their paths lead them to thresholds bridges rivers and sites of mysterious irresistible connection to the past. A woman uses her mother's old travel guide aged years beyond relevance to navigate on a journey to nowhere; a stand - up comic with writer's block performs a fateful gig at a cocaine - fueled bachelor party; on holiday in Greece a father must confront the limits to which he can keep his daughters safe. Braided throughout is the story of Eva a daughter wife and mother whose search for a self and place of belonging tracks a devastating path through generations. Ranging from remote English moors to an ancient Swedish burial ground to a hedonistic Mexican wedding the stories in Mothers lay bare the emotional and psychic damage of life love and abandonment. Suffused with yearning Power's transcendent prose expresses a profound ache for vanished pasts and uncertain futures.
Title: Mothers Stories
Author(s): Power Chris
Publisher: Picador
Barcode: 9781250234964
Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 1/28/2020
Category: Short Stories