num_pages: 240
description: In the thirteen stories of Barkley's debut collection, characters are haunted by memory and missed chances, buoyed by humor and a fragile optimism.In "Under Water," a man whose job keeps him buried beneath the waters of the Chesapeake reassures his wife that their lives have meaning despite living in a world fraught with imminent danger. In the title story, two people living out their ruined marriage at an abandoned drive-in theater are offered a fresh chance at life with the arrival of two unlikely characters. "Escaping," set in turn-of-the-century Baltimore, depicts a young nurse from a typhoid ward in a life-changing chance encounter with Houdini.
language: English
title: Circle View: Stories
titlecomplete: Circle View: Stories
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Southern Methodist Univ Pr