The secret habit of sorrow
Subtitle: stories
By: Victoria Patterson
Edition: First paperback edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9781640090521
Subjects: Parenthood; Fiction; Mother and child; Alcoholism; Drug addiction
Work titles: Short stories
Description: "Patterson is on a mission to bring our ghosts out of the shadows. These stories shine with empathy and find the humanness in all our struggles." --Joshua Mohr, author of All This Life There's a pitch-perfect blend of linguistic dexterity, emotional wisdom, and wry observation in The Secret Habit of Sorrow.

"There's a pitch-perfect blend of linguistic dexterity, emotional wisdom, and wry observation in The Secret Habit of Sorrow. The characters in these stories feel like people you know, their struggles real. Victoria Patterson's prose has a Denis-Johnson refiltered-through-Raymond-Carver-vibe, along with the emotional depth and density of Elena Ferrante. Whether it be the ties between women and their own and each other's infants, the struggles of parenthood, or the trials that come with excessive drinking and drug abuse, Patterson has an amazing ability to convey relationships and how our bonds can both save and destroy us."
Table of contents: title: How to lose; title: Vandals; title: Johnny Hitman; title: Trees; title: Half-truth; title: Confetti; title: Paris; title: Lowlife; title: Dogs; title: Parking far away; title: We know things; title: Fledglings; title: DC; title: Visitations; title: Appetite; title: Nobody's business.