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“If you were to capture an entire relationship, its history, temperament, and future, in a single afternoon, which afternoon would you choose? With SPLIT Jennifer Haigh argues that even for a relationship with an extraordinary past, such an emblematic afternoon should be ordinary, marked by habits and routine. Yet even after the marriage has been dismantled, the bond persists. Over the course of one afternoon, Haigh shows with tenderness and restraint the loyalty that Dana feels toward Ben; it’s expressed in the most mundane of ways — an errand.” - Halimah Marcus
About the Jennifer Haigh lives in Boston. Her short fiction has been published widely, in The Atlantic, Granta, The Best American Short Stories and many other places. Her fifth novel, Heat and Light, was published earlier this year by Harper Collins. Find her at www.jennifer-haigh.com
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About the Jennifer Haigh lives in Boston. Her short fiction has been published widely, in The Atlantic, Granta, The Best American Short Stories and many other places. Her fifth novel, Heat and Light, was published earlier this year by Harper Collins. Find her at www.jennifer-haigh.com
About the Electric Literature is an independent publisher amplifying the power of storytelling through digital innovation. Electric Literature’s weekly fiction magazine, Recommended Reading, invites established authors, indie presses, and literary magazines to recommended great fiction. Once a month we feature our own recommendation of original, previously unpublished fiction. Stay connected with us through our eNewsletter, Facebook, and Twitter, and find previous Electric Literature picks in the Recommended Reading archives.
21 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 7, 2016
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Jennifer Haigh
24 books1,155 followersJennifer Haigh is an American novelist and short story writer. Her new novel MERCY STREET takes on the contentious issue of abortion rights, following the daily life of Claudia Birch, a counselor at an embattled women's clinic in Boston.
Her last novel, HEAT AND LIGHT, looks at a Pennsylvania town divided by the controversy over fracking, and was named a Best Book of 2016 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and NPR. Earlier books include the novel FAITH, about a beloved Boston priest accused of a molesting a child in his parish, and THE CONDITION, the story of a woman diagnosed in childhood with Turner's Syndrome.
Haigh's critically acclaimed debut novel MRS. KIMBLE won the PEN/Hemingway Award for first fiction. Her second novel, the New York Times bestseller BAKER TOWERS, won the PEN/L. L. Winship Award for outstanding book by a New England author. Her short story collection NEWS FROM HEAVEN won of the Massachusetts Book Award and the PEN New England Award in Fiction. A Guggenheim Foundation Fellow and a graduate of the Iowa Writer's Workshop, she writes frequently for The New York Times Book Review. Her fiction has been published in eighteen languages.
Her last novel, HEAT AND LIGHT, looks at a Pennsylvania town divided by the controversy over fracking, and was named a Best Book of 2016 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and NPR. Earlier books include the novel FAITH, about a beloved Boston priest accused of a molesting a child in his parish, and THE CONDITION, the story of a woman diagnosed in childhood with Turner's Syndrome.
Haigh's critically acclaimed debut novel MRS. KIMBLE won the PEN/Hemingway Award for first fiction. Her second novel, the New York Times bestseller BAKER TOWERS, won the PEN/L. L. Winship Award for outstanding book by a New England author. Her short story collection NEWS FROM HEAVEN won of the Massachusetts Book Award and the PEN New England Award in Fiction. A Guggenheim Foundation Fellow and a graduate of the Iowa Writer's Workshop, she writes frequently for The New York Times Book Review. Her fiction has been published in eighteen languages.
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September 17, 2018
Moving, well-written short story.
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