Cutting Lisa

Fiction & Literature, Short Stories
Cover of the book Cutting Lisa by Percival Everett, Dzanc Books
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Percival Everett ISBN: 9781941088944
Publisher: Dzanc Books Publication: August 5, 2014
Imprint: Dzanc Books Language: English
Author: Percival Everett
ISBN: 9781941088944
Publisher: Dzanc Books
Publication: August 5, 2014
Imprint: Dzanc Books
Language: English

Retired Virginia obstetrician John Livesey, recently widowed and discouraged by the world's crumbling morals, meets a man who has just performed an unnecessary cesarean section on his wife so as to be the one to deliver their child. Though initially appalled by the act. Livesey finds himself recalling it later when he learns a friend is dying of cancer, when his affair with a younger woman ends in disillusionment, and when, during an extended visit to his son and his family in Oregon, he realizes his daughter-in-law's unborn baby does not belong to her husband. Coming to admire the calm directness with which the man took matters of life and death into his own hands, Livesey begins to reconsider what he values and what he will protect.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Retired Virginia obstetrician John Livesey, recently widowed and discouraged by the world's crumbling morals, meets a man who has just performed an unnecessary cesarean section on his wife so as to be the one to deliver their child. Though initially appalled by the act. Livesey finds himself recalling it later when he learns a friend is dying of cancer, when his affair with a younger woman ends in disillusionment, and when, during an extended visit to his son and his family in Oregon, he realizes his daughter-in-law's unborn baby does not belong to her husband. Coming to admire the calm directness with which the man took matters of life and death into his own hands, Livesey begins to reconsider what he values and what he will protect.

More books from Dzanc Books

Cover of the book For Her Dark Skin by Percival Everett
Cover of the book Lindbergh's Son by Percival Everett
Cover of the book A Catalogue of Everything in the World by Percival Everett
Cover of the book These People Are Us by Percival Everett
Cover of the book The Mayflies by Percival Everett
Cover of the book Christmas in July by Percival Everett
Cover of the book Moral Tale and Other Moral Tales, A by Percival Everett
Cover of the book An Island of Fifty by Percival Everett
Cover of the book Pictures of Houses with Water Damage by Percival Everett
Cover of the book Close Encounters by Percival Everett
Cover of the book Now Molly Knows by Percival Everett
Cover of the book The Week You Weren't Here by Percival Everett
Cover of the book Interior Design by Percival Everett
Cover of the book This is a Voice from Your Past by Percival Everett
Cover of the book A Place for Outlaws by Percival Everett
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy