Newman Leigh - Nobody Gets Out Alive Stories - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Longlisted FOR THE National BOOK Award AND THE Story Prize Named a BEST BOOK OF 2022 by Oprah Daily Vogue Kirkus Reviews Library Journal and Electric Lit From a prizewinning author comes an electric. stunning (Publishers Weekly starred review) debut story collection about women navigating the wilds of male - dominated Alaskan society. Set in Newman's home state of Alaska Nobody Gets Out Alive is an exhilarating collection about women struggling to survive not just grizzly bears and charging moose but the raw legacy of their marriages and families. Alongside stories set in today's Last Frontier rife with suburban sprawl global warming and opioid addiction Newman delves into remote wilderness of the 1970s and 80s bringing to life young girls and single moms in search of a wilder freer more adventurous America. The final story takes place in a railroad camp in 1915, where an outspoken heiress stages an elaborate theatrical production in order to seduce the wife of her husband's employer. Rich with wit and wisdom showing us that love marriage and family are always a bigger and more perilous adventures than backcountry trips (Kirkus Reviews starred review) these keenly observed stories prove there are some questions about love heartbreak and the meaning of home that can t be outrun no matter how hard we try. Nobody Gets Out Alive is a dazzling foil to the adventure narratives of old.
Title: Nobody Gets Out Alive Stories
Author(s): Newman Leigh
Publisher: Scribner
Barcode: 9781982180317
Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 4/18/2023
Category: Short Stories