Homes’s distinctive narratives illuminate our dreams and desires, our memories and losses, and our profound need for connection, and demonstrate how extraordinary the ordinary can be. In “Chinese Lesson,” we meet Geordie, a man watching over his wandering, senile mother-in-law by means of an electronic chip implanted in the back of her neck. In “Remedy,” an advertising executive bolts from the city one afternoon for the imagined comfort of her childhood home and finds that her parents have allowed Ray, an eccentric wellness guru, to move in. Sexy and inspiring, “Georgica” offers a meditative narrative about one woman’s unconventional strategy for getting pregnant. “The Former First Lady and the Football Hero” is the deeply moving, darkly comic story of a former First Lady’s courage in dealing with the President as his mind slowly evaporates.
In these beautifully written stories, we find shape-shifters, children running headlong into the darkness of adolescent sexuality, a man passionately wanting to live but not knowing how. And, most important, we find ourselves.
Adoptee Author: A. M. Homes
Publication Year: 2002
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