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Fiction MOTHERLUNGE is an eloquent and irreverent debut novel about first sex true love and chronic sibling rivalry its about the deepest fear of young and not-so-young adulthood the fear of inheriting a disappointing life Its motherly advice toofeaturing wigs dogs road trips and medicinea guide to the essential experiences of being female born unto a librarian named for the goddess of sight waiting for the future to arrive With sly wit and surprising joy MOTHERLUNGE considers the flaws in the family line and celebrates the promise that staggers alongsideVoice is where Kirstin Scott astonishes both in the gutsy yet precise and lyrical voice of her narrator Thea and in the brilliantly realized voices that Scott bestows on the rest of Theas family Here we have a tribe of mothers-gone-wrong and their sidelined well-meaning hapless menand yet owing to the sheer inventiveness of Scotts prose style the family portrait that emerges is almost well not quite affirmative We believe in these characters and even believe that some goodsome human equivalent of that ribald generous and knowing voicewill come out of all thisJaimy Gordon.
About the Author
Kirstin Scott's stories have appeared in Alaska Quarterly Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, Sonora Review, Western Humanities Review, and elsewhere. She lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.
