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03411aim a22003975a 4500 001 992A6AE0D7AA11EAACEF483997128E48 003 SILO 005 20200806010102 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 160317s2013 xxunnn es f n eng d 020 $a 0062120891 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 $a 9780062120892 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 028 42 $a MWT11588868 040 $a Midwest $e rda $d SILO 082 04 $a 813/.54 $2 23 100 1 $a Banks, Russell, $d 1940- $e author. 240 10 $a Short stories. $k Selections. $f 2013 245 12 $a A permanent member of the family $h [electronic resource] / $c Russell Banks. 250 $a Unabridged. 264 1 $a [United States] : $b HarperAudio, $c 2013. 300 $a 1 online resource (1 audio file (5hr., 59 min.)) : $b digital. 506 $a Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 0 $a Read by Danny Campbell. 520 $a A masterly collection of new stories from Russell Banks, acclaimed author of The Sweet Hereafter and Rule of the Bone, which maps the complex terrain of the modern American family The New York Times lauds Russell Banks as "the most compassionate fiction writer working today" and hails him as a novelist who delivers "wrenching, panoramic visions of American moral life." Long celebrated for his unflinching, empathetic works that explore the unspoken but hard realities of contemporary culture, Banks now turns his keen intelligence and emotional acuity on perhaps his most complex subject yet: the shape of family in its many forms. Suffused with Banks's trademark lyricism and reckless humor, the twelve stories in A Permanent Member of the Family examine the myriad ways we try-and sometimes fail-to connect with one another, as we seek a home in the world. In the title story, a father looks back on the legend of the cherished family dog whose divided loyalties mirrored the fragmenting of his marriage. In "Christmas Party," a young man entertains dark thoughts as he watches his newly remarried ex-wife leading the life he once imagined they would share. "A Former Marine" asks, to chilling effect, if one can ever stop being a parent. And in the haunting, evocative "Veronica," a mysterious woman searching for her missing daughter may not be who she claims she is. Moving between the stark beauty of winter in upstate New York and the seductive heat of Florida, A Permanent Member of the Family charts with subtlety and precision the ebb and flow of both the families we make for ourselves and the ones we're born into, as it asks how we know the ones we love and, in turn, ourselves. One of our most acute and penetrating authors, Banks's virtuosic writing animates stories that are profoundly humane, deeply-and darkly-funny, and absolutely unforgettable. 538 $a Mode of access: World Wide Web. 650 0 $a Families $z United States $v Fiction. 651 0 $a United States $x Social life and customs $v Fiction. 700 1 $a Campbell, Danny, $e narrator. 710 2 $a hoopla digital. 856 40 $u https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11588868?utm_source=MARC $z Instantly available on hoopla. 856 42 $z Cover image $u https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/hpc_9780062120892_180.jpeg 941 $a 1 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20200806022025.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=992A6AE0D7AA11EAACEF483997128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search