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The Cat at Light's End
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Published: July 05, 2011
Words: 50,469 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9780982650127
Short description
A family lives out of a beater van with an inspirational cat. This, plus thirteen other stories, all first posted online at Blue Moon Review, Mississippi Review, and other literary e-zines, make up this story collection. Characters in The Cat at Light's End range from fourteen weeks to one hundred two years, and yet the story of each offers up another slice of timeless human experience.Extended description
A family lives out of a beater van with an inspirational cat.Software engineer Nelse pursues barista CaraJo, only to be hoisted on his own lookist petard.
An errant husband rediscovers his true love in a high-tech tweaking of the familiar December-May adultery story.
This, plus eleven other stories (including "La Mosca," nominated for a Best of the Web 2002), all first posted online at Blue Moon Review, Mississippi Review, Southern Cross Review, and other literary e-zines, are brought together in Charlie Dickinson's story collection.
Characters in The Cat at Light's End range from fourteen weeks to one hundred two years, and yet the story of each offers up another slice of timeless human experience.
Tags
coming of age, african american, suicide, cat, coffee, infant, adultery, valentine, homelessness, i ching, skateboarding, mortality, first job, hi tech, portland, absent father, actuary, barista, teenage girl, portland oregon, idealism, hit and run, marbles, mother son relationship, terminal cancer, president carter, religious faith, centenarian, lookism, vietnamese american, irvingtonAvailable ebook reading formats
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