Marry or Burn

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Fiction & Literature, Literary
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Author: Valerie Trueblood ISBN: 9781582438580
Publisher: Counterpoint Press Publication: November 1, 2010
Imprint: Counterpoint Language: English
Author: Valerie Trueblood
ISBN: 9781582438580
Publisher: Counterpoint Press
Publication: November 1, 2010
Imprint: Counterpoint
Language: English

**“*****Marry or Burn *****resolutely probes the idea and range of marriage . . . forming a dangerous, sharp-edged mosaic.” —**The Seattle Times
 
From the author of *Seven Loves *comes this austere, passionately shaped collection of stories that courageously explores the dynamic nature of modern marriage, the life-shattering heartbreak that often accompanies its collapse, and the fickle way in which the boundaries between us can be broken, erased, and newly defined.
 
At her daughter’s wedding, an alcoholic widow finds a new beginning when she is swept off her feet by the bride’s former secret lover. A man finds himself in a position of terrible power when he discovers his ex-wife’s boyfriend with another woman. A woman who killed her policeman husband in a rage struggles to reconcile feelings of emotional worthlessness and a longing for human affection after two decades in prison. A widower of twenty-three years introduces his wary daughters to his new love, a woman whom he has decided to marry one week after meeting, and who once took an axe to a bear to save her husband.
 
Trueblood unites past and present through her characters’ complex personalities as she skillfully unravels their tumultuous relationships, giving readers a glimpse into marital circumstances that, though often tragic, will surely ring familiar.
 
“An intricate and true collection, full of humanity and insight, with twelve bittersweet tales of love gone, or going, wrong.” —Thresholds
 
“A large-hearted, utterly human collection of life-experienced narratives so full that it is difficult to read more than one consecutively.” —The Irish Times

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**“*****Marry or Burn *****resolutely probes the idea and range of marriage . . . forming a dangerous, sharp-edged mosaic.” —**The Seattle Times
 
From the author of *Seven Loves *comes this austere, passionately shaped collection of stories that courageously explores the dynamic nature of modern marriage, the life-shattering heartbreak that often accompanies its collapse, and the fickle way in which the boundaries between us can be broken, erased, and newly defined.
 
At her daughter’s wedding, an alcoholic widow finds a new beginning when she is swept off her feet by the bride’s former secret lover. A man finds himself in a position of terrible power when he discovers his ex-wife’s boyfriend with another woman. A woman who killed her policeman husband in a rage struggles to reconcile feelings of emotional worthlessness and a longing for human affection after two decades in prison. A widower of twenty-three years introduces his wary daughters to his new love, a woman whom he has decided to marry one week after meeting, and who once took an axe to a bear to save her husband.
 
Trueblood unites past and present through her characters’ complex personalities as she skillfully unravels their tumultuous relationships, giving readers a glimpse into marital circumstances that, though often tragic, will surely ring familiar.
 
“An intricate and true collection, full of humanity and insight, with twelve bittersweet tales of love gone, or going, wrong.” —Thresholds
 
“A large-hearted, utterly human collection of life-experienced narratives so full that it is difficult to read more than one consecutively.” —The Irish Times

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