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In Little Raw Souls, award-winning author Steven Schwartz writes of loss and replenishment in eleven suspenseful and affecting stories. Set in the contemporary American West, the stories take on the identity of a place where tradition is still a work in progress and acts of self-discovery arise for characters at any age. In âStranger,â a woman falls asleep in an airport, only to become the victim of a crime by a man who robs and kisses her at the same time. A divorced man in âBless Everybody,â winner of the Cohen Award from Ploughshares, finds himself threatened by the young couple he tries to aid. And in âAbsolute Zero,â a seventeen-year-old boy, needing his dying motherâs permission to join the Marines, experiences a startling encounter with the promiscuous teenage daughter of a Marine sergeant he looks up to. Steven Schwartzâs stories never stand still. With pathos and humor, they probe ahead, searching out the tender souls of his characters. |
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