You Could've Been Someone: Stories Memories & Poems: 2015

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The first half of the book is a series of short stories.The overall theme is immigration with characters, usually young women, who feel displaced or out of place. The second half is called Just Memories and contains short memoir pieces that also deal with people in transit. Finally, there are seven poems..

ISBN: 9781782378860

Author	Browner, Frances
Pub Date	20/05/2015
Binding	Paperback
Pages	170
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Evocative renderings, the SHORT STORIES portray people who are misplaced or out of place. Immigration is the recurring theme in Whatever Happens, If Birds Could Talk and Unanswered Prayers. The heroines are young Irish girls who relocate to America, while the alienation of the returned immigrant is exposed in Back to Bootagh and Kitty's Homecoming. Deborah in Around the Bend is a stranger in her own country. 'How can I admit that I am all alone on a street where he knows everyone,' she says of Irishman, Billy. In Frankie & Johnny and A Prince of Darkness, the characters choose isolation. JUST MEMORIES also explore individuals in transition. Like the statue of Colossus, they straddle two continents, one foot in each, not knowing which way to turn for home. These skilfully drawn portraits & the POEMS will resonate with readers because of the poignancy and empathy of their execution.