A Place Remote: Stories

By Gwen Goodkin

From farm to factory, alcoholism to war wounds, friendship to betrayal, the stories in A Place Remote take us intimately into the hearts of people from all walks of life in a rural Ohio town. Whether they stay in their town or leave for distant places, these characters come to realize no one is immune to the fictions people tell others--and themselves--to survive. In each of these ten stories, Gwen Goodkin forces her characters to face the dramatic events of life head-on--some events happen in a moment, while others are the fallout of years or decades of turning away. A boy is confronted by the cost of the family farm, an optometrist careens toward an explosive mental disaster, a mourning teen protects his sister, lifelong friends have an emotional confrontation over an heirloom, and a high school student travels to Germany to find his voice and, finally, a moment of long-awaited redemption.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1949199614
• ISBN13: 9781949199611
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: West Virginia University Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"