
Milk and Other Stories (Paperback)
Santa Fe Writer's Project, 9780988225275, 110pp.
Publication Date: October 1, 2013
Description
The 14 stories in this collection display the often quiet, inconspicuous way in which terrible truths and experiences are intimated: the death of a sailboarder makes a widower see deeper into love and loss; a young poet visits his former teacher only to discover he is literally not the person he used to be; a middle-aged man glimpses the terrible humdrum of his third marriage as his son embarks on a new chapter in his life. Conveyed without grandeur or pathos, the revelations in these minimalist stories demonstrate clearly and effectively Fruelund’s gift of subtlety and nuance; like scenes from life, characters’ dramas are played out in brief but brilliant flashes. Ranging across the wide arc of human experience, from the comic to the tragic, each piece explores the complex emotions of the human heart.
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Praise For Milk and Other Stories…
"This slim collection is not only nuanced, but powerful in how it uses stripped down prose to examine complexities in human relationships." —Serena M. Agusto-Cox, Savvy Verse & Wit
"Fruelund takes the functionality of an Egg chair and the irony of Kierkegaard to weave a collection of stories that linger and make us question those small moments, seemingly small decisions, that effect us more than we think they will." —Monica Carter, Three Percent