Goodbye, Friends

Stories

B. A. Phillips

The short stories in this collection are about contemporary women, the frontiers they must cross to sustain close relationships, and their struggles to balance society's expectations with their own needs. The relationships examined in these stories are with husbands, lovers, parents, children, friends. Present at the same time are other relationships with careers, with the subtleties of corporate life, with parental and spousal obligations, with aging and the passage of time. The recurring issue: What happens when obligations to one's self collide with obligations to others and society's norms?

Bridgeworks

Pages: 163 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-1-4617-4088-9 • eBook • June 1993 • $9.99 • (£6.95)

Subjects: Fiction / Anthologies (multiple authors), Fiction / General

Goodbye, Friends

Stories

eBook

Summary

The short stories in this collection are about contemporary women, the frontiers they must cross to sustain close relationships, and their struggles to balance society's expectations with their own needs. The relationships examined in these stories are with husbands, lovers, parents, children, friends. Present at the same time are other relationships with careers, with the subtleties of corporate life, with parental and spousal obligations, with aging and the passage of time. The recurring issue: What happens when obligations to one's self collide with obligations to others and society's norms?

Details

Bridgeworks

Pages: 163 • Trim: 6 x 9

978-1-4617-4088-9 • eBook • June 1993 • $9.99 • (£6.95)

Subjects: Fiction / Anthologies (multiple authors), Fiction / General

Reviews

Absorbing...honest portrayals of the conflicts many women face.
— Scipps Howard News Service

O'henry-like endings.
— The Houston Chronicle

A first-rate collection. Short stories that appeal to both the head and the heart.
— Susan Issacs

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Goodbye, Friends

Stories

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