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Pregnant with Bobby Hartwig’s child, Thai nurse Silliporn tracks him down to Alabama where, having survived a jump from a bridge in Bangkok, Bobby’s back home taking care of stroke-victim Harold Suggs and falling in love with his gorgeous granddaughter Bee. The tiny Suggs’ house turns pressure cooker beneath the stingy gaze of Harold’s game-show addicted wife Nadine and a helpful retired nun who’s moved in next door. As Silliporn finds unexpected ove, as Harold learns to walk again, and as Bee herself becomes ripe with child, a rattled Bobby Hartwig sorts his scattered marbles, unraveling the…mehr

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Pregnant with Bobby Hartwig’s child, Thai nurse Silliporn tracks him down to Alabama where, having survived a jump from a bridge in Bangkok, Bobby’s back home taking care of stroke-victim Harold Suggs and falling in love with his gorgeous granddaughter Bee. The tiny Suggs’ house turns pressure cooker beneath the stingy gaze of Harold’s game-show addicted wife Nadine and a helpful retired nun who’s moved in next door. As Silliporn finds unexpected ove, as Harold learns to walk again, and as Bee herself becomes ripe with child, a rattled Bobby Hartwig sorts his scattered marbles, unraveling the haunting mystery of his shell-shocked father, missing since the Suggs’ barn burned all those years ago.
Autorenporträt
Best American Short Stories nominee Russell Helms has had stories in Sand, GFT Press, Temenos, Drunken Boat, Litro, Versal, Bewildering Stories, The Moth, and many other journals. He writes, designs books, and holds a lectureship in English at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.