"The road," Kerouac wrote, "is life," and the women in these three
stories hit the road looking for fuller, richer lives than the ones they
have at home. One flies to Ireland to land a husband; one, who hoped to
find shelter in paradise, realizes her journey isn't over; and one loses
a lover, a friend, and a few precious illusions about herself as she
drives across America.
Molly Giles has published two award-winning collections of short stories
(Rough Translations and Creek Walk), a novel (Iron Shoes), and a
chapbook of flash fiction (Bothered). Her third story collection, All
the Wrong Places, recently won the Spokane Prize and is forthcoming
from Willow Springs Press. She has taught fiction writing at San
Francisco State University and the University of Arkansas.
Previous awards include the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction,
the Bay Area Book Reviewers Award for Short Fiction, the Small Press
Award for Short Fiction, the California Commonwealth Silver Medal for
Fiction, the Split Oak Press Award for Flash Fiction, two Pushcart
Prizes, two Arkansas Arts Grants, and an NEA.
This is a short audiobook published by Shebooks - high-quality fiction,
memoir, and journalism for women, by women.
