Published: Aug. 31, 2010
Words: 79,897 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781452476483

Short description

Twelve tales from inside complex contemporary relationships. For one, two retired cowgirls resort to drugs, kidnapping, and interstate flight to escape the nursing home and reclaim their lives. For another, a dutiful mob soldier, worried about his sickly nephew's future, finds inspiration an ocean and ages away. Ten more about adults, kids, convicts, lawyers, politicians and other undesirables.

Extended description

Matters Familiar is an anthology of short stories, offering 12 tales from inside complex contemporary relationships featuring parents; kids; convicts; hustlers; lawyers; politicians; and other undesirables:

· A small girl, suffocating in the growing culture of fear around her, struggles to take the high ground.

· A recently-divorced father sharing custody of his young son learns about parenting in an unlikely place--Death Row. (Read more) Matters Familiar is an anthology of short stories, offering 12 tales from inside complex contemporary relationships featuring parents; kids; convicts; hustlers; lawyers; politicians; and other undesirables:

· A small girl, suffocating in the growing culture of fear around her, struggles to take the high ground.

· A recently-divorced father sharing custody of his young son learns about parenting in an unlikely place--Death Row.

· Adrift in his own life and desperate for a belief system, a young man finds direction and purpose from a surprising source.

· Two brothers try to make sense of their lives after their domineering mother's death.

· A girls' softball team rebels and instructs parents and coaches in the value of competition.

· A retired cowgirl and her best friend resort to drugs, kidnapping, and interstate flight to escape the nursing home and reclaim their lives.

· A vignette, after infidelity was declared an Olympic sport. (Sexually explicit)

· An amnesiac accident victim recovers more than his health among strangers in a small Southern town.

· Two boys, one mother; two lives, separated from birth.

· A top-dollar attorney complains about the bill and unwittingly becomes his plumber’s Zen pupil.

· Worried about his sickly nephew’s future, a dutiful mob soldier finds inspiration an ocean and an age away.

· A scandal-plagued politician contemplates suicide, but checks in with his cousin first to sort things out.
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"MATTERS FAMILIAR"--People Matter: Stories
http://egfabricant.com/matters-familiar E. F. talks about what led to his rekindled interest in writing short fiction and his first short-story collection, "Matters Familiar," 12 tales from inside complex contemporary relationships featuring parents; kids; convicts; hustlers; mobsters; lawyers; politicians; and other undesirables.

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Review by: tamlundgren on Feb. 03, 2013 :
I recommend Matters Familiar to readers that crave tales with characters and settings that reflect the complexities of life told with an understanding for the human condition. Each short story has independent voice, narrative rhythm, motive and conflict, and I thoroughly enjoyed them all.
I, like most readers of short stories, expect the short format to give me an untraditional ending, and in this regard Matters Familiar will not disappoint you; they are crafted not to mollify the reader nor did I find them jarringly abrupt. Matters Familiar is a collection of tales told with refreshing insight and originality.
(reviewed long after purchase)

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