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Ebook Details
  • 02/2020
  • 978-1-943547-04-3
  • 130 pages
  • $2.99
Paperback Details
  • 02/2020
  • 978-1-943547-04-3
  • 130 pages
  • $10
The Persistence of Memory and Other Stories
Jan Maher, author

Adult; General Fiction (including literary and historical); (Market)

A dozen stories featuring characters from four to ninety-four, each dealing in some way with how and why our memories shape our current circumstances. Included in the collection: in the days just after World War II, a young girl tries to remember the man being introduced to her as her father; an academic denied tenure remembers how to land on her feet; a couple on their way to divorce think about the things that once drew them together and then drove them apart; an elderly man struggles to recall where the bathroom is and why his wife has been replaced by a stranger; a newly widowed grandmother remembers the joy of finger painting and answering to no one; and the title story, in which a great-grandmother proves that you never forget how to make a bicycle go even if you may need a crash course in how to stop one.
Reviews
Kirkus Reviews

"Maher’s writing has striking scope and breathtaking versatility.... This is a prize collection that examines each stage of human life—how memories are lost and won; their value; and their weight. Elegantly written tales laced with melancholy and mischief."

Formats
Ebook Details
  • 02/2020
  • 978-1-943547-04-3
  • 130 pages
  • $2.99
Paperback Details
  • 02/2020
  • 978-1-943547-04-3
  • 130 pages
  • $10
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