Our Sister Who Will Not Die: Stories

A man recently released from prison returns to the dating scene and struggles to find the right time to reveal his long-past murder conviction. A grieving mother considers her own role in her son's death. A boy enables the destructive addiction of the person he's in love with. A dog, witness to his owner's violent acts, begins to sweat. Each story in Rebecca Bernard's Our Sister Who Will Not Die brings the reader face to face with the frailties of human character--and demonstrates how the yearning for love and connection allows beauty and resilience to emerge from darkness. In questioning traditional formulations of good and evil, Bernard's stories ask us to recognize our own culpabilities and acknowledge our shared humanity. None of us is the worst thing we've ever done, these stories compel us to believe. Hope is always worth letting in.

Author: Rebecca Bernard
Publisher: Mad Creek Books
Published: 08/26/2022
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d
ISBN13: 9780814258408
ISBN10: 0814258409
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)

About the Author
Rebecca Bernard is Assistant Professor in the English Department at Angelo State University. Her work has appeared in Colorado Review, Southwest Review, Juked, Pleiades, and elsewhere and has been recognized in Best American Short Stories.

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