When Billy Redmond returns to his hometown to attend his brother's funeral, he's hoping for a quick trip. No reason to stay for more than a few hours. He's been in self-imposed exile from his family after a tragedy 12 years ago. It's better this way. He can't harm people he never sees. Billy soon
You Only Get Letters from Jail
β Scribed by Angel, Jodi
- Book ID
- 107799761
- Publisher
- Tin House Books
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 198 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781935639589
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Jodi Angel's second story collection, You Only Get Letters from Jail , chronicles the lives of young men trapped in the liminal space between adolescence and adulthood. From picking up women at a bar hours after mom's overdose to coveting a drowned girl to catching rattlesnakes with gasoline, Angel's characters are motivated by muscle cars, manipulative women, and the hope of escape from circumstances that force them either to grow up or give up. Haunted by unfulfilled dreams and disappointments, and often acting out of mixed intentions and questionable motives, these boys turned young men are nevertheless portrayed with depth, tenderness, and humanity. Angel's gritty and heartbreaking prose leaves readers empathizing with people they wouldn't ordinarily trust or believe in.
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