In these stories, the protagonists find themselves living outside cultural mores and expectations as they confront the central questions of their lives.
The search for a home often preoccupies them, whether this home is a true place or a place within..
Their evolving states of consciousness are explored within their relationship to the physical world, particularly the natural world and the domestic setting.
If they see themselves on some level as living in a post-modern world, their actions are driven by the need to recognize and accept its actuality and at the same time to seek order and meaning within its challenges and limitations.
In doing so, they undergo a range of moral and psychological transformations.
In these stories, the protagonists find themselves living outside cultural mores and expectations as they confront the central questions of their lives
