Matters Familiar
by E. G. Fabricant
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Pub Date Nov 17 2012 | Archive Date Nov 23 2013
EjusDem Books | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) Members' Titles
Description
A collection of twelve 21st Century tales, rich in character, dialogue, and irony, out of the head of a Mark Twain International Writing Competition finalist. Humor, irony, and surprise play starring roles in these contemporary stories that both provoke and entertain. Grounded in the complexities of modern culture, they feature parents; kids; convicts; hustlers; lawyers; mobsters; politicians; and other undesirables. The stories are driven by complex characters who find themselves up against one thing or another. Take five:
• A recently divorced father sharing custody of his young son learns about parenting in an unlikely place–Death Row.
• A girls’ softball team rebels and instructs parents and coaches in the value of competition.
• A top-dollar attorney complains about the bill and unwittingly becomes his plumber’s Zen pupil.
• Two brothers try to make sense of their lives after their domineering mother’s death.
• An eighty-three-year-old former cowgirl resorts to drugs, kidnapping, and interstate flight to escape the nursing home and reclaim her life.
• A recently divorced father sharing custody of his young son learns about parenting in an unlikely place–Death Row.
• A girls’ softball team rebels and instructs parents and coaches in the value of competition.
• A top-dollar attorney complains about the bill and unwittingly becomes his plumber’s Zen pupil.
• Two brothers try to make sense of their lives after their domineering mother’s death.
• An eighty-three-year-old former cowgirl resorts to drugs, kidnapping, and interstate flight to escape the nursing home and reclaim her life.
A Note From the Publisher
Email E.G. - mailto:egf@egfabricant.com
Also available in the following formats:
Epub: 978-1452476483, $5.99 November 14, 2012.
Kindle: (ASIN): B00A92JC1M, $5.99, November 16, 2012.
Also available in the following formats:
Epub: 978-1452476483, $5.99 November 14, 2012.
Kindle: (ASIN): B00A92JC1M, $5.99, November 16, 2012.
Email E.G. - mailto:egf@egfabricant.com
Also available in the following formats:
Epub: 978-1452476483, $5.99 November 14, 2012.
Kindle: (ASIN): B00A92JC1M, $5.99, November 16, 2012.
Advance Praise
“I recommend Matters Familiar to readers that crave tales with characters and settings that reflect the complexities of life told with an understanding for the human condition. Each short story has 4independent voice, narrative rhythm, motive and conflict, and I thoroughly enjoyed them all. I, like most readers of short stories, expect the short format to give me an untraditional ending, and in this regard Matters Familiar will not disappoint you; they are crafted not to mollify the reader nor did I find them jarringly abrupt. Matters Familiar is a collection of tales told with refreshing insight and originality.”—tamlundgren, Smashwords
Marketing Plan
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Strong Internet presence and promotion; local/regional media, interviews, and events; national expansion as permitted by sales revenue.
