About this item
From the acclaimed author of Godshot and "a pitch-perfect ventriloquist of extraordinary talent and ferocity" (T Kira Madden) comes a defining book of Californian stories where everyone is seeking or sabotaging loveUnited by the stark and sprawling landscapes of California's Central Valley, the characters of Heartbroke boil with reckless desire. A woman steals a baby from a shelter in an attempt to recoup her own lost motherhood. A phone-sex operator sees divine opportunity when a lavender-eyed cowboy walks into her life. A mother and a son selling dream catchers along a highway that leads to a toxic beach manifest two young documentary filmmakers into their realm. And two teenage girls play a dangerous online game with destiny.Heartbroke brims over with each character's attempt to salvage grace where they can find it.
About the Author
Chelsea Bieker is from California's Central Valley. She is the recipient of a 2018 Rona Jaffe Writer's Foundation Award, and the author of the novel GODSHOT and the forthcoming story collection, COWBOYS AND ANGELS. Her writing has been published in The Paris Review, Granta, The Cut, McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, LitHub, Electric Literature, and others. Her work has been supported by the MacDowell Colony and the Tin House Writer's Workshop. She holds a BS in journalism from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and an MFA in creative writing from Portland State University.
