A synchronized swimming coach pops pills during practice, a bagpiper cold-cocks a hawk, and an orphan puts her fist through a window, discovering in the engine noise of a jet passing overhead, the perfect witness to her inner pain. In this debut collection from prizewinning short story writer Malinda McCollum, people adrift in the American Midwest struggle to find their way in the world, with few signposts for guidance. Set largely in Des Moines, Iowa, over the expanse of several decades, these twelve stories explore the surprising places where our outsized longings may lead us. In prose as lean and unflinching as an Iowa winter, these stories offer confrontation and consolation in equal measure.
Maggie Conners has made a killing in the stock market for herself and her clients. She invites her former boyfriend, and IRS agent, to attend a stockholder celebration with her. But soon, Maggie is broke, out of work and with no way to pay the promised $3M to a bunch of sick kids. To make matters worse, the police find a body in the trunk of her car and a former client is planning to sue her for driving his finances into the red.
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