by Adam Ross
First published 2010
Adam Ross presents seven stories that examine how ordinary people confront extraordinary circumstances. The collection opens with a father grappling with his teenage daughter's mysterious behavior. A suburban mother discovers her husband's hidden past. A young man returns home to find his family forever changed. Ross places his characters in moments where their carefully constructed lives begin to unravel. Each story reveals how people react when faced with truths they cannot ignore. The characters struggle with betrayal, loss, and the weight of keeping secrets. Ross writes about middle-class Americans whose comfortable worlds suddenly shift beneath them. His stories ask what happens when the people we trust most reveal themselves to be strangers. The collection examines the fragile nature of family bonds and the price of maintaining appearances.
Genres: short-stories, literary-fiction, american-fiction, contemporary, 21st-century, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: betrayal, secrets, unraveling-lives
431 pages · Paperback · Kinneret / Zmora-Bitan