Bonds of Love & Blood – short stories

Bonds of Love & Blood
248 Pages
ISBN 978-1940333083

Whether far from home or longing to escape, the people in these stories find themselves displaced from their normal routines. They misread the signals and wind up stranded on lonely beaches or seizing the moment before happiness flits away.

"MacDonald applies insight, power, and delicacy to create characters between whom the psychic space virtually sizzles." —FOREWORD REVIEWS

"engrossing"—MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW

"With elegant prose enlivened by shards of mean humor, MacDonald captures how hard it is to love and/or trust abroad or at home."—KIRKUS REVIEWS

"Author Marylee MacDonald has done an absolutely masterful job of presenting her readers with short stories so beautifully written that the characters will stay in your mind long after the story, and indeed the book, is done."—READERS’ FAVORITE

"In her collection of twelve brilliantly-written short stories, MacDonald explores the pain and beauty of human relationships. MacDonald’s writing is raw and visceral, creating a strong emotional connection between her characters and the reader."—US REVIEW OF BOOKS

"Bonds of Love and Blood is brilliantly written and nothing less than emotive."—HOLLYWOOD BOOK REVIEWS

Marylee MacDonald

About Marylee MacDonald (Phoenix, Arizona Author)

Marylee MacDonald

Marylee MacDonald writes novels and short stories. She has been the Writer-In-Residence for Mesa Public Library and has taught workshops for the Northwestern Summer Writing Workshop and Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University. A former carpenter with a Master's in Creative Writing, she has published widely in literary magazines, such as StoryQuarterly, Chattahoochee Review, New Delta Review, Bellevue Literary Review, and others. Her fiction has won a Gold Medal for Drama, Silver Medal for Short Stories, the Barry Hannah Prize, the Ron Rash Award, the Matt Clark Prize, the ALR Fiction Prize, and many others. Her short story collection, BONDS OF LOVE & BLOOD, is about people who find themselves misplaced or displaced. Stranded in foreign cities, they misread the signals and get themselves in trouble. Her novel, MONTPELIER TOMORROW, is about a caregiver who's trying to help her family, but finds that she's just making things worse.

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