Between Here and Here

by Amy Bloom

A unique offer for fans of Amy Bloom, bestselling author of Away...sample just one piece from her stunning new collection of interconnected short stories. Available at this special price for a limited time only.Love, in its many forms and complexities, weaves through New York Times bestselling author Amy Bloom’s astonishing and astute new work. Insightful, sensuous, and heartbreakingly funny, Where the God of Love Hangs Out illuminates the mysteries of love, family, and friendship. In the haunting story Between Here and Here, a daughter reluctantly steps in to take care of the infirm father she hated for so many years. As a tribute to her late mother, and to show that she is a better person than her father, she gives everything she has to this terrible old man and revises history. Between Here and Here and the eleven other stories that comprise Where the God of Love Hangs Out showcase stories of passion and disappointment, life and death, that beautifully capture deep human truths.

Genres: American Fiction, Adult Fiction, Literary Fiction, Short Stories

30 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Amy Bloom is the New York Times bestselling author of White Houses; Come to Me, a National Book Award finalist; A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist; Love Invents Us; Normal; Away; Where the God of Love Hangs Out; and Lucky Us. Her stories have appeared in The Best American Short Stories, O. Henry Prize Short Stories, The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction, and many other anthologies. She has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, Vogue, O: The Oprah Magazine, Slate, Tin House, and Salon, among other publications, and has won a National Magazine Award.

Reviews

[Sue · Rating 5 out of 5]

Original Writing

Fascinating story. Very unusual man as the father. Never could have imagined this kind of story. A delight to read. Something to think about for a long time.

[Evelyn J. Katz · Rating 5 out of 5]

It’s a masterfully written short story, Makes me want to read many of Amy Bloom’s other writing including novels and short stories. She is an exceptional writer.

[Vyu · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved the brother sister bond the dad thing was so well written