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Barcode30053003812636
Home LocationParis-Bourbon
Call NoF BEND
Title The words of Dr. L : and other stories / Karen E. Bender.
Author Bender, Karen E., author.
CollectionNEW: Adult Fiction
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StatusHome LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc Status
 Paris-Bourbon30053003812636F BEND12/9/2025 Available

Catalog Details

Personal Name Bender, Karen E., author.
Uniform Title Words of Dr. L (Compilation)
Title Statement The words of Dr. L : and other stories / Karen E. Bender.
Edition Statement First Counterpoint edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice California : Counterpoint, 2025.
Physical Description 304 pages ; 22 cm
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume rdacarrier
Formatted Contents Note The words of Dr. L -- The hypnotist -- Separation -- The shame exchange -- The extra child -- Helicopter -- Messengers -- Arlene is dead -- The listener -- The court of the invisible -- Data -- Globes.
Summary, Etc. "Grounded in both the contemporary United States and a variety of dystopias, the new stories in Karen E. Bender's third collection examine the evolving dynamics of the nuclear family in adolescence, motherhood, the empty nest, and caring for the aging parent. From a young woman who wants to learn secret words to terminate a pregnancy to a mother who discovers an extra child in her home she had forgotten about, to a couple separated from their son in globes orbiting the Earth, to society's terrible plan to leave the burning planet for a life on Mars, the stories honor the emotional force of these situations by grappling with themes of freedom, self-definition, youth, aging, control, and power. Bender's work explores the ordinary in the extraordinary, using settings both familiar and fantastic to discover new truths in the lifelong connection between parents and their children"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Nuclear families Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Dystopia Fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Short stories. lcgft

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