A Heaven of Their Choosing - by Joann Smith (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>A widow plans her husband's funeral feeling as much resentment towards him as grief. A mother believes her young son has the DNA of a long-dead ex-boyfriend. A woman becomes obsessed with a drifter who stands in the same spot every day in her neighborhood. A couple grieving a series of miscarriages set out to adopt in China, only to get pregnant again.</p><p> </p><p>In thirteen stories that explore the complexities and messiness of faith, marriage, illness, and grief, Joann Smith's <em>A Heaven of Their Choosing</em> is a wise debut collection for fans of Grace Paley or Alice Munro.</p><p><br></p><p>"Reading <em>A Heaven of Their Choosing</em> is like touring a set of rooms inside the enormous house of fiction. At the center of each sits a character, often isolated and regretful, whose interior is revealed with a candor and dead-pan irony reminiscent of the stories of John McGahern and even Joyce. Like them, Smith knows how to invade people's privacy while keeping a steady eye on the everyday world around them. And sometimes, lives defined by boredom and limitation are lifted by event into insight and wonder. She is a writerly writer, whose stories will appeal to readers who wish to experience not just what happens next but how, sentence by sentence, it manages to happen at all." </p><p><strong>--Billy Collins, Poet Laureate of the United States 2001-3</strong></p><p><br></p><p>"Joann Smith's <em>A Heaven of Their Choosing</em> is a collection of authentic, gut-wrenching, raw, hold-your-breath, can't-put-them-down, stories. There is a miracle in these pages that transports the reader to the place where art transcends us, a place where it is possible to simultaneously feel pain and pleasure, joy and sorrow, and reach an epiphany: there is hope for us all. It is a collection one will return to again and again and again." </p><p><strong>--Patricia Dunn, author of <em>Rebels By Accident</em> and <em>Last Stop on the 6</em>. </strong></p><p><em> </em></p><p>"I was riveted by <em>A Heaven of Their Choosing</em>. With a flair for mesmerizing irony inside of unerring truths, Smith delves into the power of language in our lives. From a wife's correspondence hidden in a honeymoon suitcase to a young employee at a gun shop's curiosity about a customer's choice of target, Smith delivers a collection of exquisite stories that will make you look at yourself and the choices in your life anew." </p><p><strong>--Jimin Han, author of <em>A Small Revolution</em> and <em>The Apology</em>, forthcoming in 2023.</strong></p><p><em> </em></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p> </p>
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