Bones of an inland sea
Subtitle: stories
By: by Mary Akers
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Press 53
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Winston-Salem, NC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781935708896
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Short stories
Work titles: Short stories
Description: Evocative and brimming with redemption, Mary Akers' newest collection BONES OF AN INLAND SEA takes the reader on a journey of exploration and transformation that begins with a 19th century shipwreck, passes through Bikini Atoll's atomic testing, sinks into the heart of a devastating tsunami, and slides forward into a futurist island utopia floating in the Sargasso Sea. Characters connect on remote beaches and forgotten islands, while family ties prove--like the ocean--to be both powerful and unpredictable. These fourteen stories form a captivating mosaic of intertwining narratives that convey a strong sense of the eternal and the possible.
Notes: Etchings Press (University of Indianapolis) Whirling Prize entry
Table of contents: title: House of refuge; title: Bones of an inland sea; title: Comfortably numb; title: Like snow, only grayer; title: Beyond the strandline; title: Vieques!; title: Treasures few have ever seen; title: Christmas in Phuket; title: What lies beneath; title: Collateral damage; title: Who owns the moon?; title: Viewing Medusa; title: Madame Trousseau; title: Waste island.