The Way They Thought That Love Should Be
Published on 2. January 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
108 pages
978-1-4969-6010-8 (ISBN)
Description
With wit and tenderness, the short story collection What They Thought That Love Should Be explores intimate moments in the lives of men and women as they experience love's enigmas, contradictions, and consolations. A woman mourning the death of her husband refuses to part with her husband's remains keeping the urn with his ashes at her side. An art museum curator meets a severely depressed woman and shares with her a new found capacity for affection as they view his museum's art collections. A terminally ill man pivots between memories of a long past trek through Europe with his wife and their final journey together as he faces death. Written with grace and empathy, the collection's captivating stories embrace the possibilities of love as well as its limits.
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Language
English
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
126 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4969-6010-8 (9781496960108)
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Ron Roth is the author of the nonfiction history, The Civil War in the South Carolina Lowcountry, praised by The Journal of Army History as a "masterful" depiction of the region's role in the Civil War. Roth is also the author of numerous short fiction pieces published in periodicals across the nation. His short story collection The Way They Thought That Love Should Be includes his story, The Glittering Kingdom, nominated for the Pushcart Prize.