Everybody Needs Something: Stories - Paperback

$23.71

Everybody Needs Something: Stories - Paperback

Name: Everybody Needs Something: Stories - Paperback
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SKU: 9798991456531
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by Melanie Pappadis Faranello

$23.71

Book Overview

Melanie Faranello's debut collection, Everybody Needs Something, delves into the interior lives of characters longing for connection, revealing the deep human desire to reach one another. A poignant exploration of the complexities of love, loss, and what is often left unsaid, the stories center on the space between us--couples, families, aging parents, children, and evolving selves that are shaped over time.

A newly widowed construction worker travels to a debris-filled healing pool to ease his grief; a retired couple relocates across the globe hoping to escape their troubles only to discover a new problematic infestation; a father places an ad inviting strangers to his first solo Thanksgiving dinner; a couple on the brink endures a wildlife lecture at the elementary school between hospital visiting hours for their daughter; a young divorcee has an unexpected encounter with her long-dead father during a Latin Ballroom dance class.

Quietly powerful and carefully observed, these fourteen stories resonate with emotional landscapes and hidden heartbreaks as characters meet their breaking points before somehow finding the courage to keep going.

ISBN	9798991456531
Author	Melanie Pappadis Faranello
Publisher	Columbus State University Press
Genre	Literature
Format	Paperback
Published	March 2026
Language	ENG- English
Pages	188
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print