Some of Us Have to Get Up in the Morning: Short Stories
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (734 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1885586213 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 232 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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-- Lambda Book Report -- Christopher HennessyRemarkable storytellingScott kicks the doors open on his subjects' lives and lets us burst into their world. -- Publishers WeeklyAmazing depth of languagea stunning collection, surely just the first outing in what promises to be a remarkable career. -- North Shore News, Vancouver -- Terry PetersScott illustrates the disconnections between husbands, wives, siblings, parents and children. -- Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco -- Glen HelfandSweetly oblique and crookedly innocentbouyed by sharp, insightful dialogue and clever storytelling. Amazing depth of languagea stunning collection, surely just the first outing in what promises to be a remarkable career. He cuts through pretense to his characters' real feelings. -- Des Moines Sunday Register -- Ellen HeathScott's impressive debuta ps
Some of Us Have to Get It - The Stranger - Vol 11 #15 Matt Briggs SOME OF HAVE TO GET UP IN THE MORNING begins in a hardened-in-the-arteries mode. A housewife lives near a busy highway. Neighbors throw a party for the departure of the local thug on his way into the Marines. An unemployed father fights for the right to have his children. Daniel Scott tells these stories in a standard issue worki. A remarkable debut Some of Us Have to Get Up in the Morning shows a remarkable gift for characterization and dialogue in strange but intriguing stories. The characters range from truck drivers to female impersonators--all of them almost painfully believable--in stories in which little appears to happen on the surface, but a lot is going on undernea. Real Characters In his debut, Daniel Scott has crafted characters we all know and care about. His storytelling comes straight from the people he defines so well. His stories are not dramatic adventures but the drama comes from within. With this book you'll go from each story to the next. Laughing at some, crying at others, but captivated by them
"A stunning collection."—Memphis FlyerA first collection, loss, inexact communication among family, friends are told with relentless honesty.