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Counterpoint
November 2010
On Sale: November 1, 2010
304 pages
ISBN: 1582435987
EAN: 9781582435985
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From the author of Seven Loves comes this austere, passionately shaped collection of stories that courageously explores the dynamic nature of modern marriage, the life-shattering heartbreak that often accompanies its collapse, and the fickle way in which the boundaries between us can be broken, erased, and newly defined. At her daughterβs wedding, an alcoholic widow finds a new beginning when she is swept off her feet by the brideβs former secret lover. A man finds himself in a position of terrible power when he discovers his ex-wifeβs boyfriend with another woman. A woman who killed her policeman husband in a rage struggles to reconcile feelings of emotional worthlessness and a longing for human affection after two decades in prison. A widower of twenty-three years introduces his wary daughters to his new love, a woman whom he has decided to marry one week after meeting, and who once took an axe to a bear to save her husband.Trueblood unites past and present through her charactersβ complex personalities as she skillfully unravels their tumultuous relationships, giving readers a glimpse into marital circumstances that, though often tragic, will surely ring familiar.
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