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You Only Get Letters From Jail by Jodi Angel

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You Only Get Letters From Jail

Author
Jodi Angel
Narrator
Kevin R. Free, T. Ryder Smith
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc.
Publish Date
20 December 2013
Run Time
7 hours 14 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Fiction: general and literary, Short stories
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What to expect

Jodi Angel' s second story collection, You Only Get Letters from Jail, chronicles the lives of young men trapped in the liminal space between adolescence and adulthood. From picking up women at a bar hours after mom' s overdose to coveting a drowned girl to catching rattlesnakes with gasoline, Angel's characters are motivated by muscle cars, manipulative women, and the hope of escape from circumstances that force them either to grow up or give up. Haunted by unfulfilled dreams and disappointments, and often acting out of mixed intentions and questionable motives, these boys turned young men are nevertheless portrayed with depth, tenderness, and humanity. Angel' s gritty and heartbreaking prose leaves readers empathizing with people they wouldn't ordinarily trust or believe in.

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Author
Jodi Angel
Narrator
Kevin R. Free, T. Ryder Smith
Duration
7 hours 14 minutes
Release Date
20 December 2013
ISBN
9781470393649
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc.
Genre
Fiction: general and literary, Short stories

Synopsis

Jodi Angel' s second story collection, You Only Get Letters from Jail, chronicles the lives of young men trapped in the liminal space between adolescence and adulthood. From picking up women at a bar hours after mom' s overdose to coveting a drowned girl to catching rattlesnakes with gasoline, Angel's characters are motivated by muscle cars, manipulative women, and the hope of escape from circumstances that force them either to grow up or give up. Haunted by unfulfilled dreams and disappointments, and often acting out of mixed intentions and questionable motives, these boys turned young men are nevertheless portrayed with depth, tenderness, and humanity. Angel' s gritty and heartbreaking prose leaves readers empathizing with people they wouldn't ordinarily trust or believe in.

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