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We're in Trouble
Christopher Coake
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Each of the seven stories in this extraordinary debut collection dramatizes a deep love staring at the face of death- an encounter that elicits either the best or the worst in these vividly drawn characters. In "We're in Trouble," a woman is asked to end her dying husband's suffering. In "Abandon," a troubled young man must risk jail to do right by the only woman he has ever loved. And "In the Event" shows a young musician's all-night vigil after his best friends' sudden deaths leave him the guardian of their three-year-old son.
Suspenseful and empathic, these dramatically constructed stories show love darkening and persevering as it is tried by the cold reality of death. From a wife waiting for news of her husband's latest death-defying climb, to a sheriff thrown into turmoil after his close friend enacts a horrifying murder-suicide, Coake makes us feel the truth of his characters' lives and transforms it into cathartic art.
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Biography |
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CHRISTOPHER COAKE lives in Reno, where he teaches creative writing at the University of Nevada.
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Fiction- Short Stories (single author)
Fiction- General
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Second Serial/Reprint/Audio: Harcourt
UK: Viking (Penguin Publishing Co. Ltd.)
First Serial/Performance/Translation: The Young Agency
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Harcourt Books
An imprint ofHarcourt Trade Publishers
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Harcourt Education Company
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