Vanished: Stories

Vanished is a collection of short stories that explore the lives of women and girls in upstate New York, who are often overlooked or unseen by the people around them. The characters face various challenges, such as an aging art professor who is uninterested in teaching, a young girl who becomes a victim of a cruel prank, and a television producer who regrets allowing her coworkers into her mother's bird-filled house to film a show about animal hoarding. The collection is humorous and empathetic, exposing the adversity in each character's life and their struggles to make sense of the world in the wake of loss.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 202 pages
Publication date: 05 August 2022
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press

Vanished is a collection of short stories that explore the lives of women and girls in upstate New York, often overlooked or unseen by those around them. The characters range from an aging art professor whose students are uninterested in learning what she has to teach to a young girl who becomes the victim of a cruel prank in a swimming pool to a television producer who regrets allowing her coworkers into her mother's bird-filled house to film a show about animal hoarding because it will reveal too much about her family and past. The stories are humorous and empathetic, exposing the adversity in each character's life as they deal with something or someone who has vanished, such as a person close to them, a friendship, or a relationship. The collection seeks to make sense of the world around them in the wake of that loss.

Vanished is a collection of short stories that explore the lives of women and girls in upstate New York, often overlooked or unseen by those around them. The characters range from an aging art professor whose students are uninterested in learning what she has to teach to a young girl who becomes the victim of a cruel prank in a swimming pool to a television producer who regrets allowing her coworkers into her mother's bird-filled house to film a show about animal hoarding because it will reveal too much about her family and past. The stories are humorous and empathetic, exposing the adversity in each character's life as they deal with something or someone who has vanished, such as a person close to them, a friendship, or a relationship. The collection seeks to make sense of the world around them in the wake of that loss.

Dimension: 216 x 140 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781496232571