About This Book
Exploring the vagaries of life, human connection, and desire, the twelve stories of Safe Places navigate the fault lines of existence. Shifting from New York and Chicago to the American West and the Australian outback, Kerry Dolan's characters move through an uncertain and unpredictable world, confronting situations that are alternately menacing, tragic, and funny. An aspiring anthropologist falls under the sway of her fortuneteller. An American tourist catches opal fever in an Australian mining town and binds herself to a man she despises. Two hitchhiking teens take a ride with a mysterious stranger, while an unstable graduate student stalks the object of his affections across Berkeley. Assured and distinctive, the voice-driven stories of this debut collection capture the restless heart of characters in a state of flux, as they tryâand frequently failâto move beyond chance and circumstance.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Hit or Miss
- A Perfect Day at Riis Park
- Fortunetellers in Williamsburg
- Lightning Ridge
- Those Delusions of Grandeur
- Quarters
- People from Chicago
- Lies and Funerals, Complexications
- The Boy
- Rancho Village
- Safe Places
- Falling Off the George Washington Bridge
- Acknowledgments
- Back Cover