NATIONAL BESTSELLER โข PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST โข A bewitching story collection from the author of White Cat, Black Dog and The Book of Love, hailed as โthe most darkly playful voice in American fictionโ (Michael Chabon) and โour greatest living fabulistโ (Carmen Maria Machado)
โRidiculously brilliant . . . These stories make you laugh while staring into the void.โโThe Boston Globe
A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: BuzzFeed, Time, The Washington Post, NPR, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Slate, Toronto Star, Kirkus Reviews, BookPage
Kelly Link has won an ardent following for her ability, with each new short story, to take readers deeply into an unforgettable, brilliantly constructed fictional universe. The nine exquisite examples in this collection show her in full command of her formidable powers. In โThe Summer People,โ a young girl in rural North Carolina serves as uneasy caretaker to the mysterious, never-quite-glimpsed visitors who inhabit the cottage behind her house. In โI Can See Right Through You,โ a middle-aged movie star makes a disturbing trip to the Florida swamp where his former on- and off-screen love interest is shooting a ghost-hunting reality show. In โThe New Boyfriend,โ a suburban slumber party takes an unusual turn, and a teenage friendship is tested, when the spoiled birthday girl opens her big present: a life-size animated doll.
Hurricanes, astronauts, evil twins, bootleggers, Ouija boards, iguanas, The Wizard of Oz, superheroes, the Pyramids . . . These are just some of the talismans of an imagination as capacious and as full of wonder as that of any writer today. But as fantastical as these stories can be, they are always grounded by sly humor and an innate generosity of feeling for the frailtyโand the hidden strengthsโof human beings. In Get in Trouble, this one-of-a-kind talent expands the boundaries of what short fiction can do.
Read by a Full Cast:
โThe Summer Peopleโโฆ read by Grace Experience Blewer
โI Can See Right Through Youโโฆ read by Kirby Heyborne
โSecret Identityโโฆ read by Tara Sands
โValley of the Girlsโโฆ read by Robbie Daymond
โOrigin Storyโโฆ read by Rebecca Lowman
โThe Lessonโโฆ read by Cassandra Campbell
โThe New Boyfriendโโฆ read by Ish Klein
โTwo Housesโ โฆ read by Susan Duerden
โLightโ โฆ read by Kirsten Potter
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Praise for Get in Trouble
โRidiculously brilliant . . . These stories make you laugh while staring into the void.โโThe Boston Globe
โWhen it comes to literary magic, Link is the real deal: clever, surprising, affecting, fluid and funny.โโSan Francisco Chronicle
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