Great Escapes from Detroit
Joseph O'Malley
(Author)
Description
In Great Escapes from Detroit, Joseph O'Malley tells stories of families living in Detroit. In an imperfect city that beckons and repels, these characters probe the ever-shifting terrain of the human heart, where the tenacious pull and push of love, trepidation, and occasional joy plays out as they navigate the opposing impulses that exist in all families: to embrace their circumstances, or to escape.
Whether it's the father who fears he may have spawned a monstrously violent child, the woman overwhelmed by dealing with a crazy neighbor while caring for her ailing father, the teenage boy who finds that asceticism won't shield him from the horrors or the joys of life, or the happy woman who can't help her severely depressed husband, these stories reveal the throbbing kernel of hope that persists even in the most dire circumstances.
Product Details
| Publisher | Cornerstone Press |
| Publish Date | December 05, 2019 |
| Pages | 236 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9781733308618 |
| Dimensions | 8.5 X 5.5 X 0.5 inches | 0.7 pounds |
Reviews
"Joseph O'Malley writes about ordinary people with such care and a clear eye for the truth. The stories in Great Escapes from Detroit are luminous with what lesser writers miss-the magic and the splendor of the commonplace come alive."
-Lee Martin
Pulitzer Prize finalist, author of The Bright Forever
"These powerful stories strike just the right balance of tenderness and raw humanity, between shocking and soothing. With his keen eye for the details that make humans human, O'Malley engages the reader as powerfully with his perpetrators as with his victims, with as much tenderness for adults as for children. These stories are funny without making fun and addictively readable without pulling punches. I read each one with my heart in my throat."
-Susanna Daniel
author of Sea Creatures and Stiltsville
"I keep hearing the short story is dead, but no one told Joseph O'Malley. The work in this collection documents high stakes emotional moments while being surprisingly restrained. Great Escapes from Detroit is a marvel."
-Daniel Libman
author of Married but Looking
"The stories collected here are a gift to the reader- absorbing, affecting, full of complicated and closely observed characters. With his keen ear and unerring eye for detail, Joseph O'Malley makes us see, hear, and hope for his characters as if they were our own neighbors and parents and childhood friends. Great Escapes from Detroit is not only a vivid portrait of a city in flux, but a powerful and loving testament to its people, both those who stay and those who leave."
-Sarah Shun-lien Bynum
author of Madeleine is Sleeping and Ms. Hempel Chronicles
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