The Ruin of Everything

by Lara Stapleton

Book Overview

The Ruin of Everything tells tales of abandoned children living in adult bodies. Bastards, bi-racial half-siblings, and orphans raised by aunts, they lose their last best love through brokenness like "the impossible loop in a stress dream." Racial ambiguity abounds and confounds US color lines. Tones stretch from lugubrious sorrow to wicked dramedy. Obstinately fluid in architecture and identity, stories range from slick Hollywood glam to essayistic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 173449655X
• ISBN13: 9781734496550
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Paloma Press
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"