Curled in the Bed of Love: Stories - Paperback

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Curled in the Bed of Love: Stories - Paperback

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by Catherine Brady

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by Catherine Brady (Author)

To read Curled in the Bed of Love is to feel the incessant tug between devotion and desire that can unmake even the closest couple. These eleven stories are set in the San Francisco Bay Area, and in true Left Coast style, Catherine Brady's characters are as resolute in evading middle-class conformity as they are in clinging to their illusions about love. And while they never shy from paying their dues, they can't help but wonder sometimes if their choices have at last accrued too high a cost. What lies in the bed of love, with women and men curled sometimes in repose, sometimes in a defensive knot, are failed dreams, reproofs, ambitions, and stubborn beliefs.

Always, mortality threatens the lovers' embrace. In the title story, Jim and his HIV-positive partner contend with an illness that has fueled their love but also threatens to consume it. In some stories, an outsider exposes the frailty of a relationship. Claire, who's opted for a steady marriage in "The Loss of Green," is both stirred and repelled by the advances of her former mate Sam, a radical environmentalist with a predatory need to reassert his claim on her. And in "Behold the Handmaid of the Lord," Debbie, compelled to translate a brief affair with her cousin's fianc into a profound transgression, comes clean on a sleazy national talk show.

All of Brady's stories are gritty and unflinching in their gaze, yet lyrical and rich in the imagery of stasis and change--an empty house too long on the market, a pair of kayakers riding out a patch of rough sea, a greenhouse in which the orchid blooms only suggest the darting vitality of butterflies and birds. There is much to learn in these tales of flawed but good people working hard to hold their lives together.

Author Biography

Catherine Brady is the author of three story collections, including the recently released "The Mechanics of Falling." Her short fiction has appeared in "Best American Short Stories 2004" and numerous journals and anthologies. She is also the author of a biography of a Nobel laureate, "Elizabeth Blackburn and the Story of Telomeres: Deciphering the Ends of DNA," and has a forthcoming book on the craft of fiction.

Number of Pages: 216

Dimensions: 0.6 x 7.6 x 4.8 IN

Publication Date: April 01, 2012

ISBN	9780820342207
Author	Catherine Brady
Publisher	University of Georgia Press
Genre	Literature
Format	Paperback
Published	April 2012
Language	ENG- English
Pages	216
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print