Where You Are - by Randy Kraft (Paperback)

About the Book

These true to life stories about modern elders reflect on the lives they have lived and what might come next as they face displacement, longing, latent aspirations, lost lovers and friends, and surprising desire, on the road ahead.

Book Synopsis

Is where you are the last stop or the next step?

These ten short stories explore the paths, and the inevitable detours, of later life - the loss and longing, unexpected passions

and unfinished business, setbacks and second chances, that pave the way from where we have been to where we might yet be.

A romantic resides with two brothers with big plans. Fifty years later, a first love defines a life. A marriage is put to the test when retirement plans go astray. A widow is aroused by a younger version of her husband. A scholar pens a blog to bemoan a failed romance. Lifelong secrets between old friends prove fatal. A long dead mother materializes as a bizarre vision. Revenge is the goal after a ghosted first date. At her husband's funeral, his wife reconsiders her marriage. A retiree forced to downsize faces outsider status among new neighbors.

Review Quotes

So excited to read this. One of my favourite authors releases another short story collection and I am ready for some beautiful, deep and sublime writing with incredible storytelling. Loved Rational Women. Do yourself a favour and immerse yourself in great stories.

Deborah Lancaster, Sydney, Australia September 2024