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Confronting the Chasm
Eight Stories Explore the Meaning of Reconciliation
Ready, by Jane Lebak
Where Were You, by Nancy Temple
Adam and Eve Drink Hot Cocoa, by Gloria Lloyd
B E A R C H I L D, by L. M. Guiled
Final Words, by Sean Zinn
Against the Wolf Pine, by Howard Wolke
Rena's Cave, by Kathleen Reidy
Unmoored, by Elle Reid
Our lives are filled with relationships: the ones we choose, the ones we're born into, the ones that last for a season, and so many others that are hard to define. They each come with the potential for conflict, which is an inevitable outcome of sharing our lives, time, and space with others. What happens after conflict is a choice: reconciliation, or...something else.
"Reconciliation" is a word that morphs and changes from person to person. Some see it as surrender. Others see it as failure. More see it as acceptance, or winning, or creating something new from the ashes. For many, reconciliation is an unacceptable end to conflict. Others require it and seek it out at all costs. How do you define reconciliation? Each of these stories presents a different interpretation of the idea.
Ready, by Jane Lebak
Where Were You, by Nancy Temple
Adam and Eve Drink Hot Cocoa, by Gloria Lloyd
B E A R C H I L D, by L. M. Guiled
Final Words, by Sean Zinn
Against the Wolf Pine, by Howard Wolke
Rena's Cave, by Kathleen Reidy
Unmoored, by Elle Reid
Our lives are filled with relationships: the ones we choose, the ones we're born into, the ones that last for a season, and so many others that are hard to define. They each come with the potential for conflict, which is an inevitable outcome of sharing our lives, time, and space with others. What happens after conflict is a choice: reconciliation, or...something else.
"Reconciliation" is a word that morphs and changes from person to person. Some see it as surrender. Others see it as failure. More see it as acceptance, or winning, or creating something new from the ashes. For many, reconciliation is an unacceptable end to conflict. Others require it and seek it out at all costs. How do you define reconciliation? Each of these stories presents a different interpretation of the idea.
119 pages, Paperback
Published December 7, 2024
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December 31, 2024
Eight stories addressing reconciliation. Remarkably few are about actually resolving a conflict between two parties, and none of them are squishy hallmark inspirational forgiveness scenes. The writing is good (as you'd expect from a publication of the Metrowest Writers Guild) and all of them take a different perspective on what it means to reconcile, reconcile, make peace, or not make peace.
Disclosure: one of the stories is mine, but I will say wholeheartedly that the other seven are all well-done and worth reading. You can decide about mine.
Disclosure: one of the stories is mine, but I will say wholeheartedly that the other seven are all well-done and worth reading. You can decide about mine.
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