Irrevocably tied to the Carolinas, these Stories tell tales of the woebegone, their obsessions with decay, and the haunting ache of the region itself--the land of the dwindling pines, the isolation inherent in the mountains and foothills, and the loneliness of boomtowns.
Gilstrap\'s prose teems with wildness and lyricism, showing the Southern gothic tradition of storytelling is alive and feverishly unwell in the twenty-first century..
Through their collective grief, heartache, and unsettling circumstances, many of these characters become feral and hell-bent on survival.
The threat of violence lingers for women and girls.
Money is tight.
Factories are closing.
Small businesses are failing.
Predominantly working-class women challenge the status quo by rejecting any lingering expectations or romantic notions of Southern femininity.
Irrevocably tied to the Carolinas, these Stories tell tales of the woebegone, their obsessions with decay, and the haunting ache of the region itself--the land of the dwindling pines, the isolation inherent in the mountains and foothills, and the loneliness of boomtowns
