| This Business of the Flesh Contributor(s): Kubasta, C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1627201882 ISBN-13: 9781627201889 Publisher: Apprentice House OUR PRICE: $12.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 6" W x 9" (0.52 lbs) 170 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When Tracy's brother Aaron commits suicide, she inherits his dogs: two dog-aggressive pit bulls and the French mastiff Stella. As Tracy navigates her grief, she also has to learn how to care for her new dogs - who come with issues of their own. The dogs provide independent Tracy with ready-made fences, and necessitate new relationships with others exploring their own memories, fractured families and mental health issues. Life in the small Wisconsin town is a fishbowl of sorts, but also a place where pain is private - oblique and whispered. For anyone who has loved a dog, for anyone who has tried to navigate the class distinctions of small-town America, for anyone who has tried to balance the expectations of who the world says they should be with their own unruly desires, This Business of the Flesh speaks to the families & friendships we make out of our pasts. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kubasta, C.: - "C. Kubasta was born in a small town, an only girl with three brothers. She prefers her dogs larger than she is - right now, she makes time with a St. Bernard-Mastiff mix named Ursula. Her novella Girling (Brain Mill Press) explores growing up girl, and the love & rivalry between best friends. Her poetry, most recently Of Covenants (Whitepoint Press), takes on language and how it fails us. She lives, writes, and teaches in Wisconsin, where her work explores place (the Midwest), the body (our imperfect perfect flesh), and language (its slippages). Find her at www.ckubasta.com. Follow her @CKubastathePoet." |
