GOODREADS GIVEAWAY: RIGHT NOW!!
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/122462-parallel
REVIEWS:
“In the end the web of life becomes well defined and what began as a series of disparate stories connected primarily by a sense of place evolves to a gathering of intermingled experiences shared through the
perceptions, hopes and thoughts of the female protagonist. The result is an achievement especially recommended for followers of literary short fiction interested in the mechanics of linking a short story collection’s events and
characters.” —Diane Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review
Parallel is full of tension, the slow boiling kind of realism that acts as a mirror to our own consciousness. These
characters and these stories are about how to live a life, how to be awake in the world, and how to be connected to it. Erby doesn’t provide answers, and her characters leave messy endings behind them. In the end the stories here parallel our own American lives, our fragile human hearts.”—S. Scott Whitaker, The Broadkill Review
“We read it with enthusiasm, and experienced the narration and point of view of a working-class woman as strong, unpredictable, and convincing." —Minnie Bruce Pratt, Feminist Studies Board member and author of Inside the Money Machine
“Parallel is one of the best linked-story collections I’ve read in recent years. Erby does for rural South-Central
Pennsylvania what Sherwood Anderson did for the town of Clyde in Winesburg, Ohio. Parallel is a classic in its own right.” —Sara Pritchard, author of Crackpots and Help Wanted: Female
“Sharon Erby takes on the plight of those caught in what used to be called Middle Class America, now more accurately, the Working (or undefined) Class — from the wars they have fought to the dead end jobs they
endure to the baffling, unrewarding relationships they find themselves in through a sense of duty or inevitability. She tells it through riveting individual stories, and shows what a skilled writer with a good heart can
do. —John Bowers, Author of The Colony
Upcoming Readings:
November 13: Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA @ 7:00 p.m.
December 6: Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA from 2-4 p.m.
Check back for updates!
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/122462-parallel
REVIEWS:
“In the end the web of life becomes well defined and what began as a series of disparate stories connected primarily by a sense of place evolves to a gathering of intermingled experiences shared through the
perceptions, hopes and thoughts of the female protagonist. The result is an achievement especially recommended for followers of literary short fiction interested in the mechanics of linking a short story collection’s events and
characters.” —Diane Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review
Parallel is full of tension, the slow boiling kind of realism that acts as a mirror to our own consciousness. These
characters and these stories are about how to live a life, how to be awake in the world, and how to be connected to it. Erby doesn’t provide answers, and her characters leave messy endings behind them. In the end the stories here parallel our own American lives, our fragile human hearts.”—S. Scott Whitaker, The Broadkill Review
“We read it with enthusiasm, and experienced the narration and point of view of a working-class woman as strong, unpredictable, and convincing." —Minnie Bruce Pratt, Feminist Studies Board member and author of Inside the Money Machine
“Parallel is one of the best linked-story collections I’ve read in recent years. Erby does for rural South-Central
Pennsylvania what Sherwood Anderson did for the town of Clyde in Winesburg, Ohio. Parallel is a classic in its own right.” —Sara Pritchard, author of Crackpots and Help Wanted: Female
“Sharon Erby takes on the plight of those caught in what used to be called Middle Class America, now more accurately, the Working (or undefined) Class — from the wars they have fought to the dead end jobs they
endure to the baffling, unrewarding relationships they find themselves in through a sense of duty or inevitability. She tells it through riveting individual stories, and shows what a skilled writer with a good heart can
do. —John Bowers, Author of The Colony
Upcoming Readings:
November 13: Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA @ 7:00 p.m.
December 6: Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA from 2-4 p.m.
Check back for updates!
