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Fiercely conflicting urges animate the characters in 'Family Impromptu', a provocative, engaging collection of short stories that challenge and entertain as they reveal the peculiar way we both create and resist family life. In these captivating stories, we encounter the tangle of emotions that accompany close relationships. Marriages expand and contract, love seeks fulfillment in a library, children dream of stalkers and kidnappings, dead dogs reconnect partners, and a cousin gets executed in Texas. Poignant, humorous, and even unsettling at times, this collection takes a frank look at the complicated yet endearing jumble of family ties as characters pursue both intimacy and independence.

Table of Contents
Contents Double helix 7 Arthur, my cousin, who died last summer in Texas 18 Deep freeze 37 Extinction 54 Contamination 76 Fantasy impromptu 93 Spontaneous recovery 107 Making out 121 Free swim 133 Plan B+ 150 Quantum entanglement 169 Earth Day 185 Spectacular lies 194 The family plan 214 Free radicals 236 Suchness 253 Summer solstice 266 Acknowledgements 271

Family Impromptu

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    A Paperback / softback by Rosemary M. Magee

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      Publisher The Conrad Press
      Published 2 March 2022
      ISBN-13 9781914913235
      978-1914913235
      ISBN-10 191491323X
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      Anthologies & Short Stories

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Fiercely conflicting urges animate the characters in 'Family Impromptu', a provocative, engaging collection of short stories that challenge and entertain as they reveal the peculiar way we both create and resist family life. In these captivating stories, we encounter the tangle of emotions that accompany close relationships. Marriages expand and contract, love seeks fulfillment in a library, children dream of stalkers and kidnappings, dead dogs reconnect partners, and a cousin gets executed in Texas. Poignant, humorous, and even unsettling at times, this collection takes a frank look at the complicated yet endearing jumble of family ties as characters pursue both intimacy and independence.

      Table of Contents
      Contents Double helix 7 Arthur, my cousin, who died last summer in Texas 18 Deep freeze 37 Extinction 54 Contamination 76 Fantasy impromptu 93 Spontaneous recovery 107 Making out 121 Free swim 133 Plan B+ 150 Quantum entanglement 169 Earth Day 185 Spectacular lies 194 The family plan 214 Free radicals 236 Suchness 253 Summer solstice 266 Acknowledgements 271

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