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Fiction Short Stories (single Author)

Motherish

by (author) Laura Rock Gaughan

Publisher
Turnstone Press
Initial publish date
Aug 2018
Category
Short Stories (single author), Women's Studies
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780888016423
    Publish Date
    Aug 2018
    List Price
    $12.50

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Description

The women who populate Laura Rock Gaughan’s debut collection, Motherish, veer from playful to distraught, reckless to restrained, anchored to unmoored. Gambling grandmas, athletes and organists, pregnant bus passengers and punitive bank tellers are pushed to the brink by Gaughan’s distinctively precise prose, while they grapple with what it means to mother and be mothered. With various perspectives, Gaughan creates box after box—and actual chicken coops—for her characters to explode from, hide in, emerge out of, and ultimately transform.

About the author

Canadian-American writer Laura Rock Gaughan's work has appeared in numerous magazines including The Antigonish Review and The New Quarterly. Born in California and raised in western New York, Gaughan honed her craft in Lakefield, Ontario, where she currently lives and writes. Motherish is her debut collection of stories.

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Editorial Reviews

The stories in Laura Rock Gaughan's Motherish are full of life. Characters leap off the page, sharing their faults and dreams, their ruinous rage, and illuminating joy. The demands of ordinary tasks are met by the surprise of art and invention. These stories are a delight to read.

 

-Carrie Snyder, author of Girl Runner and The Juliet Stories

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