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reckoning
in this collection of short stories a.s. penne scrutinizes the all too human desire to be understood and known by others before first understanding and knowing oneself . summer about to happen reveals a teenagers first foray into the realm of desire which ends in shock as she understands her fantasy love will never materialize . the father in a different kind of wanting struggles to come to terms with the death of a son he never learned to accept . heat explores the meaning of friendship when a woman takes stock of the expectations she has of her partner and of her friend . in threshold the superstitions of a confirmed bachelor convince him that a woman he works for is his intended soul mate . the characters in reckoning are adrift reluctant to fully engage in their lives . eventually through a tumult of conflicting emotions they come to a reckoning point and are forced to accept culpability for refusing to meet life and love head on .
paperback litdistco 2008 isbn13 9780888013378 isbn10 088801337x
book type fi isbn 13 9780888013378 number of pages 200 publisher turnstone press release date 62135769600000