01573cam a2200301 i 4500 889449222 TxAuBib 20230712120000.0 230630s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2023022903 9781324051886 HRD 27.95 1324051884 HRD 27.95 TxAuBib rda Alcott, Kathleen,. Short stories Selections. Emergency [Book] : stories / Kathleen Alcott. First edition. New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2023] 188 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Emergency -- Worship -- Natural light -- A world without men -- Part of the country -- Reputation management -- Temporary housing. In this long-awaited debut collection, Kathleen Alcott turns her skills as a stylist on the unfreedoms of American life--as well as the guilt that stalks those who survive them. Emergency roams from European cities to scorched California towns, drug-smeared motel rooms to polished dinner parties, taking taut, surprising portraits of addiction, love, misogyny, and sexual power. Confronting the hidden perils of class ascension, the women in these stories try to pay down the psychic debts of their old livesas they search for a new happiness they can afford. 20230802. Short stories. Alcott, Kathleen.