Some of Us Have to Get Up in the Morning: Short Stories
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (948 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1885586213 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 232 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-29 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Some of Us Have to Get It - The Stranger - Vol 11 #15" according to Matt Briggs. SOME OF HAVE TO GET UP IN THE MORNING begins in a hardened-in-the-arteries mode. A housewife lives near a busy highway. Neighbors throw a party for the departure of the local thug on his way into the Marines. An unemployed father fights for the right to have his children. Daniel Scott tells these stories in a standard issue working-class shtick, using simple declarative sentences, the smug irony of none-too-bright narrators, and the catalog of dirty realistic detail found in doublewides. Howev. "A remarkable debut" according to a reader. Some of Us Have to Get Up in the Morning shows a remarkable gift for characterization and dialogue in strange but intriguing stories. The characters range from truck drivers to female impersonators--all of them almost painfully believable--in stories in which little appears to happen on the surface, but a lot is going on underneath. "Cleanser," one of my favorites, is a great example of how Scott takes the ordinary (a cleaning woman who has been passed over for a promotion to supervisor)and tr. "Real Characters" according to A Customer. In his debut, Daniel Scott has crafted characters we all know and care about. His storytelling comes straight from the people he defines so well. His stories are not dramatic adventures but the drama comes from within. With this book you'll go from each story to the next. Laughing at some, crying at others, but captivated by them all.
"A stunning collection."—Memphis FlyerA first collection, loss, inexact communication among family, friends are told with relentless honesty.
-- North Shore News, Vancouver -- Terry PetersScott illustrates the disconnections between husbands, wives, siblings, parents and children. He cuts through pretense to his characters' real feelings. -- Des Moines Sunday Register -- Ellen HeathScott's impressive debuta psychologically complex compendium of crisply rendered sad sacks, of curdled psyches and bad decisionsirresistible appeal. -- Publishers WeeklyAmazing depth of languagea stunning collection, surely just the first outing in what promises to be a remarkable career. -- The Memphis Flyer -- Rebekah GleavesFor his intimate understanding of human "brokenness