Divining Venus by Mary Elizabeth
From blind dates to back seats to a drinking game gone wrong, the short stories in Divining Venus are linked by a series of compelling characters all trying to discern something truthful about that thing called love.
In 'Reunion', a divorced empty-nester faces up to the one who got away. In 'Junior Lifesaving' a young woman hides her strengths to keep a relationship going, only to be faced with a terrible choice. In 'Say Goodbye to Hollywood' a newly-minted college graduate must choose between adolescence and adulthood when she finds herself falling for her boyfriend's father. And in the title story, 'Divining Venus', an eleven-year-old turns to a ouija board with questions about love, looking for the answers her classmates, teachers and parents don't have.Mary Elizabeth Pope hails from Michigan, and has a PhD in English and Creative Writing from the University of Iowa. Her short stories have appeared in numerous magazines across the US, and she was a finalist for the 2012 Autumn House Fiction Prize for Divining Venus. She lives in Boston.
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Mary Elizabeth is a new author who creates stories about the skeletons in your closet by finding words in disarray. Mary was born and reared in Southern California and is known as The Realist. She is a married, a mother of four beautiful children, and the owner of a rambunctious Pit Bull and a prim Chihuahua. By day, she's a hairstylist, but by night, she's a contemporary fiction, new adult novelist. Mary is frequently seen finger twirling her hair and munching on a licorice stick while writing and rewriting a statement until it's perfect.
She happened onto her ability for story-telling by chance, yet she has a stranglehold over literature. And she isn't going to let go until every story has been told.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781904130550 |
| ISBN 10 | 1904130550 |
| Title | Divining Venus |
| Author | Mary Elizabeth |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The Waywiser Press |
| Year published | 2013-08-28 |
| Number of pages | 184 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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