Runaway: A Collection of Stories - Softcover

Blew, Mary Clearman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0917652770 ISBN 13: 9780917652776

Publisher: Confluence Pr, 1990

Synopsis

Fourteen stories deal with the lives of men and women in contemporary Montana, as they struggle with the weather, physical adversities, and the dying myth of life in the West

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

In 14 realistic stories set in the rural American West, Blew ( Lambing Out ) casts a candid but sympathetic eye on characters coming to terms with themselves and their family heritage. "College Bound 1957" features a high school senior who overcomes the scornful sexism of her counselor and wins a university scholarship. "Album" relates how a liberated young woman who views the narrow lives of her elderly female relatives with disdain has her assumptions shaken when they guide her through the past with a look at the family photo album. In "I Beat the Midget," a boy driven beyond endurance by his father and a pony who won't be broken is horrified to discover the violence buried in his character. "Sample's Crossing" ends with a young man's sense of loss as he realizes that his family memories are waning with the passing years. The title story describes a nun who returns to the ranch where she grew up, hoping that her confrontation with the life she renounced will lead to reconciliation.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Confluence Pr
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0917652770
• ISBN 13: 9780917652776
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 212