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01611aam a2200241 a 4500 001 058F3994475911E7B35354A3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170602010157 008 170516s2017 miu 000 0 eng 020 $a 0814343147 020 $a 9780814343142 (softcover) 040 $d SILO 100 1 $a Thomas, Laura Hulthen, $e author. 245 10 $a States of motion : $b stories / $c by Laura Hulthen Thomas 260 $a Detroit, MI : $b Wayne State University Press , $c 2017. 300 $a 304 pages ; $c 21 cm. 490 0 $a Michigan writers series 505 0 $a Acknowledgements -- $t Lab will care. $t Reasonable fear -- $t State of motion -- $t Adult crowding -- $t An uneven recover -- $t Sole suspect -- $t The Lavinia nude -- $t Lab will care. 520 $a Newton's Laws of Motion describe the relationship between a body and its response to the forces acting upon it. For the men and women in States of Motion, imbalance is a way of life. Set in Michigan small towns both real and fictional, the stories in Laura Hulthen Thomas's collection take place against a backdrop of economic turmoil and the domestic cost of the war on terror. As familiar places, privilege, and faith disappear, what remains leaves these broken characters wondering what hope is left for them. These stories follow blue collars and white, cops and immigrants, and mothers and sons as they defend a world that is quickly vanishing. -- $c from the back cover. 941 $a 2 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240202022010.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20171003032002.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=058F3994475911E7B35354A3DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search