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An �extraordinary� (The Sunday Times) debut of unnerving beauty, Chris Power�s short story collection Mothers evokes the magic and despair of the essential human longing for purpose. Chris Power�s stories are peopled by men and women who find themselves at crossroads or dead ends�characters who search without knowing what they seek. Their paths lead them to thresholds, bridges, rivers, and sites of mysterious, irresistible connection to the past. A woman uses her mother�s old travel guide, aged years beyond relevance, to navigate on a journey to nowhere; a stand-up comic with writer�s block performs a fateful gig at a cocaine-fueled bachelor party; on holiday in Greece, a father must confront the limits to which he can keep his daughters safe. Braided throughout is the story of Eva, a daughter, wife, and mother, whose search for a self and place of belonging tracks a devastating path through generations. Ranging from remote English moors to an ancient Swedish burial ground to a hedonistic Mexican wedding, the stories in Mothers lay bare the emotional and psychic damage of life, love, and abandonment. Suffused with yearning, Power�s transcendent prose expresses a profound ache for vanished pasts and uncertain futures. (less)

An �extraordinary� (The Sunday Times) debut of unnerving beauty, Chris Power�s short story collection Mothers evokes the magic and despair of the essential human longing for purpose. Chris Power�s stories are peopled by men and women (…more)