Glory Days by Melissa Fraterrigo
The small plains town of Ingleside, Nebraska, is populated by down-on-their-luck ranchers and new money, ghosts and seers, drugs and greed, the haves and the have-nots. In this novel, lives ripple through each other to surprising effect, though the connections fluctuate between divisive gulfs and the most intimate closeness.-
The Beautiful Plain
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Tin God
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Of Fathers and Fire
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The Usual Mistakes, and Other Stories
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Skin
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Water and Abandon
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Private Way
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The Mover of Bones
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Jackalope Dreams
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In Reach
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Reconsidering Happiness
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Another Burning Kingdom
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The Sacred White Turkey
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Bohemian Girl
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Toby's Last Resort
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Stolen Horses
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Because a Fire Was in My Head
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Ordinary Genius
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The Plain Sense of Things
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How Winter Began
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Haven's Wake
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Deer Season
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It's not Going to Kill You, and Other Stories
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The Floor of the Sky
“Melissa Fraterrigo’s novel strikes with the unexpected force of a summer tornado. . . Characters worthy of a Flannery O’Connor story struggle and self-medicate to make sense of lives marked by loss, violence, and despair. These characters yearn for one another, across time, even across death, and they take comfort in the past and in one another, however fragile their connections.”—Bonnie Jo Campbell, National Book Award finalist and author of Mothers, Tell Your Daughters
“Spinning through a series of unforgettable characters, each lured by a sense of freedom, violence, or the need to belong, these stories surprise us, echo with significance, and draw together to paint a complicated portrait of a place about to be lost.”—Michelle Hoover, author of The Quickening and Bottomland
“Melissa Fraterrigo’s people will brand an impression upon your soul. . . . She knows her land and its people, their struggles, conflicts, ways of survival and ruin, but most of all the roots to family, and wanting to escape that family. Her people are forever stained by their upbringing, memories, and consequences of choice. Melissa’s stories are a powerful reminder of what it means to be human.”—Frank Bill, author of Crimes in Southern Indiana
“Glory Days is a tender and tragic portrayal of small-town life, filled with beautifully flawed characters whose voices are unforgettable. From this fascinating cast, we hear about the economic trials of farming, the realities of poverty, the solace of land. From calving season to an amusement park, this novel takes us on a journey that’s told with generosity of spirit and a true tenderness for the land and people. A beautiful book.”—Laura Pritchett, author of Stars Go Blue
“Spinning through a series of unforgettable characters, each lured by a sense of freedom, violence, or the need to belong, these stories surprise us, echo with significance, and draw together to paint a complicated portrait of a place about to be lost.”—Michelle Hoover, author of The Quickening and Bottomland
“Melissa Fraterrigo’s people will brand an impression upon your soul. . . . She knows her land and its people, their struggles, conflicts, ways of survival and ruin, but most of all the roots to family, and wanting to escape that family. Her people are forever stained by their upbringing, memories, and consequences of choice. Melissa’s stories are a powerful reminder of what it means to be human.”—Frank Bill, author of Crimes in Southern Indiana
“Glory Days is a tender and tragic portrayal of small-town life, filled with beautifully flawed characters whose voices are unforgettable. From this fascinating cast, we hear about the economic trials of farming, the realities of poverty, the solace of land. From calving season to an amusement park, this novel takes us on a journey that’s told with generosity of spirit and a true tenderness for the land and people. A beautiful book.”—Laura Pritchett, author of Stars Go Blue
Melissa Fraterrigo is the founder and executive director of the Lafayette Writers’ Studio in Lafayette, Indiana. She is the author of a collection of short fiction, The Longest Pregnancy. For more information about the author, visit melissafraterrigo.com.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781496201324 |
| ISBN 10 | 1496201329 |
| Title | Glory Days |
| Author | Melissa Fraterrigo |
| Series | Flyover Fiction |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Nebraska Press |
| Year published | 2017-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 180 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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