Things I Left Behind in Kalispell, Montana

By Benjamin Chambers
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Published: Jan. 16, 2011
Words: 2,488 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781458114822

Short description

The narrator of this ruefully funny short story about time and loss lists all the things he shed against his will on a road trip to Kalispell, Montana. Haunted by his brother’s suicide, he copes poorly with a 1976 Honda Civic with engine trouble, his wife leaving him for a tow truck driver with an unfinished doctoral dissertation, and the dangerous idea that people die of heartbreak.

Extended description

The narrator of this ruefully funny short story about time and loss lists all the things he shed – by choice or otherwise – on a road trip to Kalispell, Montana. Haunted by his brother’s suicide, he copes poorly with a 1976 Honda Civic with engine trouble, his wife leaving him for a tow truck driver with an unfinished doctoral dissertation, and the dangerous idea that people die of heartbreak.

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heartbreak short story lists honda civic kalispell montana dissertation george winston funny sad brother suicide benjamin chambers

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