Heartbroke : stories

Author

Chelsea Bieker

Call Number

• FICTION BIEK (CEN, EAS)

Publication Information

New York : Catapult, [2022]

Physical Description

277 pages ; 22 cm

Summary

A woman steals a baby from a shelter in an attempt to salvage her own lost motherhood. A phone-sex operator sees divine opportunity when a lavender-eyed cowboy walks into her life. A mother and a son selling dream catchers along a highway that leads to a toxic beach manifest two young documentary filmmakers into their realm. And two teenage girls play a dangerous online game with destiny. United by the stark and sprawling landscapes of California's Central Valley, Chelsea Bieker brims over with each character's attempt to salvage - or sabotage - grace where they can find it.

Contents

• Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be miners
• Say where she is
• Cowboys and angels
• Fact of body
• Keep her down
• Lyra
• Women and children first
• Cadillac Flats
• Raisin man
• Heartbroke
• The bare of our chests.