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Highlights
- An epidemic's emotional strain drives among victims a stoic resolve to conceal their disability.
- Author(s): David Ricchiute
- 208 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
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Book Synopsis
An epidemic's emotional strain drives among victims a stoic resolve to conceal their disability. A mother retreats inside herself, disarmed by the steps of a building she sees. A neighbor's drooping, palsied cheek belies the expression on the other cheek. A father conceals that he cannot read, and a son struggles with crippling guilt, having been acquitted of a crime he did commit. Stirring and elegant, Keeping What's Best Left Kept Secret probes the force of untold secrets on the daily business of making do. In these stories, David Ricchiute uncovers deception teeming with self-deception, and the final returns have much to do with the accidental chemistry of fate.
Review Quotes
"Rich, enigmatic short stories . . . truth is whispered if told at all and sorrows are unnamed but deeply felt."
-Barbara Shoup, author of A Commotion in Your Heart
"Flawless performances of enduring literary 'flaws' . . . that reanimate the grand indifferent smacks and hard knocks from the likes of Crane, Dreiser, Steinbeck, and London. Read 'em and weep."
-Michael Martone, author of Plain Air: Sketches from Winesburg, Indiana
"Sly, surprising, and powerful."
-Valerie Sayers, author of The Age of Infidelity and Other Stories
"Closely observed, elegantly wrought."
-Jody Hobbs Hesler, author of Without You Here
"A work of haunting beauty by an exciting and perceptive writer."
-Leah McCormack, author of Fugitive Daydreams
