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<p><i>Please Come Back To Me</i> is another remarkable collection by an author the <i>New York Times</i> has called “a writer with an unsparing bent for the truth.”</p> <p> </p> <p>In “The Nurse and the Black Lagoon” a woman tries to understand why her teenage son has been accused of a disturbing crime. In “Testimony” an adult daughter visiting her father does everything she can to keep herself from remembering what she believes she cannot bear. A man returns to his hometown in “Dear Nicole” to face the realization that he married the wrong woman out of misplaced guilt. “Oregon” portrays the internal struggle of a woman who, having years ago betrayed a secret entrusted to her by her best friend, is tempted to repeat the mistake with the same friend’s daughter. And in the collection’s novella, “Please Come Back To Me,” a young widow seeks faith and comfort—in both natural and supernatural realms—after her husband’s death leaves her alone to care for their infant son.</p> <p> </p> <p>On the surface, Jessica Treadway’s stories offer realistic portrayals of people in situations that make them question their roles as family members, their ability to do the right thing, and eve
- Author
- Jessica Treadway, Nancy Zafris
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780820342214
- Subjects
- Short Stories, Fiction, Literary Fiction
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