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My friend: I‘m gonna drop by some goodies Me: Do you need some short story collections to borrow? (Can‘t remember if I‘ve already given her Half Wild but better safe than sorry)

Today‘s library haul! We lifted the limit on holds, which is freeing and dangerous! 😁

This is a book about rural life versus suburban sprawl in Vermont. Mainly it follows those "left behind" as the state becomes less wild and, in way, less authentic. It is also about those who stay and those who leave. As a person from a medium-sized town, I can definitely appreciate this. Every time I go back, there's another subdivision, another strip mall. ??‍♀️

Feeling a bit anxious, so I'm having trouble settling into anything, especially a book. So far this seems to be holding my attention okay. In my life, there's nothing like a short story collection to break a slump.

Elegant, deeply resonant (at least for me) stories. Really loved this collection!

A collection of intertwining short stories that are mostly melancholy to some degree. Not a bad thing. The characters are full of bad memories and have a tendency to repress things, not unlike you or I. The title links up with the last story, but also speaks to our human condition. We are full of strong currents of emotion, wild to a degree, and so are the characters in these stories.

Really stellar short stories with a strong sense of place. Loved this collection.

Pineapple shisha and a good book. Happy Saturday. :)

Two pages in and already a paragraph I love.

Today we spent sometime taking leaf pics. Well my friend did. I wandered over to visit the Galaxy Bookstore. The bookseller helped me find some books by Vermont authors. A book of poetry and short stories. As well as a southern gothic book - one of my Kryptonites. #vermontleafpepping #supportlocalbookstores

Published August 2, 2016. Stories set in the Vermont countryside. But mostly, how about that cover?

I usually like my short stories odd. Or funny. Absurd. Slightly magical. These were none of those things. These were stories about the lives of country people. Lives we would consider slower. People that would most often be considered working class. And boy were they lovely and, at times, quietly heartbreaking. I grew up in the country. The setting of this, in both geography and time, was not my home, but I still recognized the truth.

"What is it about fields? The way they make all directions viable."

With the hours I've worked this weekend, @24in48 has been a bit of a fail for me (especially considering my normal reading times), but I'm gonna work on some short stories to bring it home.