Into the Wilderness
by David Ebenbach
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Pub Date Oct 15 2012 | Archive Date Sep 01 2012
Description
“For the very real people in David Ebenbach’s vivid and emotional stories,” says author Jesse Lee Kercheval, “becoming a parent—as Judith, the single mother in four of the stories, says—is going ‘into the wilderness.’” The collection Into the Wilderness explores the theme of parenthood from many angles: an eager-to-connect divorced father takes his kids to a Jewish-themed baseball game; a lesbian couple tries to decide whether their toddler son needs a man in his life; one young couple debates the idea of parenthood while another struggles with infertility; a reserved father uses an all-you-can-eat buffet to comfort his heartbroken son. But the backbone of the collection is Judith, who we follow through her challenging first weeks of motherhood, culminating in an intense and redemptive baby-naming ceremony. Says author Joan Leegant, “Ebenbach takes us deep into the heart of the messy confusion and terror and unfathomable love that make up that shaky state we call parenthood. These stories are fearless, honest and true.”
Advance Praise
“The arrival of a child throws the various characters in Into the Wilderness into confusion. With delicacy and generosity, David Ebenbach follows as they try to find their uncertain ways, discovering that, whatever their ages, some reach parenthood before they’re ready to tackle adulthood.”
--Stewart O’Nan, award-winning author of Snow Angels, A Prayer for the Dying, Last Night at the Lobster, and Emily Alone
“For the very real people in David Ebenbach’s vivid and emotional stories, becoming a parent—as Judith, the single mother in four of the stories, says—is going ‘into the wilderness.’ A trip into the unknown, the primitive, the real. One single moment, the birth of a child, changes everything. It is the oldest human story and, in Ebenbach’s sure hands, the truest and most moving.”
“There’s a Yiddish proverb that says, ‘Small children disturb your sleep, big children, your life.’ Whether writing about accidental mothers or gay fathers, dewy-eyed newborns or huffy teenagers, unwitting grandparents or noncommittal thirty-somethings, David Ebenbach takes us deep into the heart of the messy confusion and terror and unfathomable love that make up that shaky state we call parenthood. These stories are fearless, honest and true. They are also a joy to read.”
--Joan Leegant, author of Wherever You Go
--Stewart O’Nan, award-winning author of Snow Angels, A Prayer for the Dying, Last Night at the Lobster, and Emily Alone
“For the very real people in David Ebenbach’s vivid and emotional stories, becoming a parent—as Judith, the single mother in four of the stories, says—is going ‘into the wilderness.’ A trip into the unknown, the primitive, the real. One single moment, the birth of a child, changes everything. It is the oldest human story and, in Ebenbach’s sure hands, the truest and most moving.”
--Jesse Lee Kercheval, author of Building Fiction, The Museum of Happiness, and The Dogeater
“There’s a Yiddish proverb that says, ‘Small children disturb your sleep, big children, your life.’ Whether writing about accidental mothers or gay fathers, dewy-eyed newborns or huffy teenagers, unwitting grandparents or noncommittal thirty-somethings, David Ebenbach takes us deep into the heart of the messy confusion and terror and unfathomable love that make up that shaky state we call parenthood. These stories are fearless, honest and true. They are also a joy to read.”
--Joan Leegant, author of Wherever You Go
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