Böcker av Michelle Ross

"They Kept Running is a collection of works of flash fiction by Michelle Ross. It takes its title from a story about three women running in a national park in the Arizona desert, where, although they are warned about mountain lions and the heat, the real threat they encounter is men in a Jeep. This collection of fifty-seven small stories illuminates the lives of women and girls as they grapple with the hazards of navigating society and the world"--

The fourteen spellbinding stories in Michelle Ross's second collection invite readers into the shadows of social-media perfectionism and the relentless cult of motherhood. A recovering alcoholic navigates the social landscape of a toddler playdate; a mother of two camps out in a van to secure her son's spot at a prestigious kindergarten; a young girl forces her friends to play an elaborate, unwinnable game. With unflinching honesty and vivid, lyric prose, Ross explores the familial ties that bind us together-or, sometimes, tear us apart.