EAN: 9781787333628

THE SOUVENIR MUSEUM - ELIZABETH MCCRACKEN KARTO...

One of the most acclaimed writers of our day  award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken is an
undisputed virtuoso of the short story  and this new collection features her most vibrant and
heartrending work to date.In these stories  the mysterious bonds of family are tested 
transformed  fractured  and fortified. A recent widower and his adult son ferry to a craggy
Scottish island in search of puffins. An actress who plays a children's game-show villainess
ushers in the New Year with her deadbeat half brother. A mother  pining for her children 
feasts on loaves of challah to fill the void. A new couple navigates a tightrope walk toward
love. And on a trip to a Texas water park with their son  two fathers each confront a personal
fear.With sentences that crackle and spark and showcase her trademark wit  McCracken traces how
our closely held desires-for intimacy  atonement  comfort-bloom and wither against the
indifferent passing of time. Her characters embark on journeys that leave them indelibly
changed-and so do her readers. The Souvenir Museum showcases the talents of one of our finest
contemporary writers as she tenderly takes the pulse of our collective and individual lives.

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