Transgressions and Other Stories

Fiction & Literature, Psychological, Short Stories
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Author: Hilary Orbach ISBN: 9781475980462
Publisher: iUniverse Publication: July 30, 2013
Imprint: iUniverse Language: English
Author: Hilary Orbach
ISBN: 9781475980462
Publisher: iUniverse
Publication: July 30, 2013
Imprint: iUniverse
Language: English

All human beings struggle to live with our own missteps and transgressions and those of others. In this compelling collection, stories with the depth and resonance of novellas offer a window into the challenging lives of contemporary men and women. From Alec and Mira, children of an unreliable mother, to Naomi and Graham, suburbanites who enter the wilderness of an affairand finally to Trevor, a psychiatrist who is himself a wounded healerOrbach presents a kaleidoscope of hopes, desires, longings and regrets of people as diverse as they are familiarpeople whose quandaries, whether ordinary or extreme, resonate with our own. When Laura, a young widow, responds just for now to a man who is blind, she is drawn in by his compassionate voice. Matthew, trying to wall himself off from the dangers of deep emotion, finds his underlying fears exposed. Sharon, lunching with an ex-lover, commits a small but telling gesture of revenge. Jess, trying to remake her life, struggles to survive the cost to her children and herself. And Martin, involved in a tragic accident, tries in vain to avoid acknowledging the cost of his own shortcomings. These are men and women seeking love, possibility, compassionand most of all the self-forgiveness needed to embrace the future.

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All human beings struggle to live with our own missteps and transgressions and those of others. In this compelling collection, stories with the depth and resonance of novellas offer a window into the challenging lives of contemporary men and women. From Alec and Mira, children of an unreliable mother, to Naomi and Graham, suburbanites who enter the wilderness of an affairand finally to Trevor, a psychiatrist who is himself a wounded healerOrbach presents a kaleidoscope of hopes, desires, longings and regrets of people as diverse as they are familiarpeople whose quandaries, whether ordinary or extreme, resonate with our own. When Laura, a young widow, responds just for now to a man who is blind, she is drawn in by his compassionate voice. Matthew, trying to wall himself off from the dangers of deep emotion, finds his underlying fears exposed. Sharon, lunching with an ex-lover, commits a small but telling gesture of revenge. Jess, trying to remake her life, struggles to survive the cost to her children and herself. And Martin, involved in a tragic accident, tries in vain to avoid acknowledging the cost of his own shortcomings. These are men and women seeking love, possibility, compassionand most of all the self-forgiveness needed to embrace the future.

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