You Only Get Letters from Jail
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Jodi Angel's second story collection, You Only Get Letters from Jail, chronicles the lives of young men trapped in the liminal space between adolescence and adulthood. From picking up women at a bar hours after mom's overdose to coveting a drowned girl to catching rattlesnakes with gasoline, Angel's characters are motivated by muscle cars, manipulative women, and the hope of escape from circumstances that force them either to grow up or give up. Haunted by unfulfilled dreams and disappointments, and often acting out of mixed intentions and questionable motives, these boys turned young men are nevertheless portrayed with depth, tenderness, and humanity. Angel's gritty and heartbreaking prose leaves readers empathizing with people they wouldn't ordinarily trust or believe in.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1935639579
ISBN13:9781935639572
Release Date:July 2013
Publisher:Tin House Books
Length:288 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.0" x 7.7"
Customer Reviews
1 rating
Was expecting a lot more from this one
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 5 years ago
I kept turning the page waiting for that "moment" in this book and just felt completely let down by the end.
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