From the inside flap:In this haunting, bracing new collection, Dan Chaon shares stories of men, women, and children who live far outside the American Dream, while wondering which decision, which path, or which accident brought them to this place. Chaon imagines today's family instinctively trying to stay together, only to find itself lost in the throes of a chaotic, modern world.
It's been a while since I've read a book of short stories. I am so glad that I picked up this book. I think that Dan Chaon creates an amazing array of characters in each of his stories. My favorite story was Prosthesis. The narrator, Suzanne, takes an encounter in a library with a man with a prosthetic arm and turns it into a reflection on her life.
" What if they'd never met? It made her stiffen a bit, because it seemed so governed by chance, so improbable. How many small, offhand choices had let her to the college where they met, had led her to the room where they first looked at one another, had led her to be sad and in need of someone who thought she was beautiful?"
This was a very satisfying read!
Title: Among the Missing
Author: Dan Chaon
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Rating: 3.5/5
Source of book: Library
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