![]() These stories peer into the world of humanity with sharp and often devastating preciseness, pulling back the curtain on what it means to care and be cared for. Guardians whisper in the dark about how best to abandon their children a daughter dreams of a world where her mother doesn’t bring home another date a stepfather’s secret is revealed by the next-door neighbor’s son a writing teacher tries to be a mentor for her troubled students. ![]() Characters struggle with grief and disappointment they navigate domestic mundanity amidst traumatic experiences and they evoke deep compassion from the reader as they fight to be seen and heard.Įxploring the fine line between irresponsible and dangerous, McNair guides us through the lives of the young and old, innocent and malicious, the lost and the searching. ![]() One can easily imagine a town with this name exists in the Midwest, and it’s also fitting for the theme: each story teems with an ache toward hope, a moodiness tinged with heartbreaking determination and the search for something better. In Patricia Ann McNair’s newest collection Responsible Adults, many of the stories take place in a fictional town called New Hope.
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