Title: Costly habits
First published: 2002
Description: "A father on vacation nearly loses his eye on an ocean fishing pier while trying to escape the demands of his family. A systems analyst, embittered by the loss of his job and resentful of a seemingly carefree neighbor whom his estranged wife admires, becomes obsessed with catching squirrels in a box trap. A woman married to a former police detective festers with anger and plots revenge after a confrontation with a restaurant owner.

A recent widower tries scuba diving with his difficult teenage children as a way to galvanize the family and regain control of his life. These are some of the people who inhabit the richly textured worlds of Peter Makuck's Costly Habits. In many of his stories, individuals find themselves in situations where moments of clarity arrive, moments that disclose perspectives of possible change or ways to accept things as they are."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Fiction, United states, social life and customs, fiction, Fiction, short stories (single author)
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PS3563.A396 C67 2002