Smells Like Heaven

by Sally Cooper

Overview

Set in the fictional town of Fletcher, the connected stories in Smells Like Heaven span thirty years. Fletcher is a town the characters strive to escape, but keep returning to, as they stumble through life searching for ways to connect and transcend their claustrophobic pasts. Following two sisters—Devon and Christine—as well as their friends and lovers, Smells Like Heaven exposes the core of what it means to be transformed by love.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781894037433
Publisher:	Arbeiter Ring Publishing
Publication date:	06/01/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Sally Cooper is the author of two novels; Love Object and Tell Everything. Her third novel is forthcoming in 2018. She has been or will be published in journals such as CNQ, Event, Feathertale Review, Grain, and White Wall Review. She is a Senior Editor at Hamilton Review of Books. She has an MA in Canadian&Commonwealth Literature from the University of Guelph and taught English and writing at Humber College for 23 years. She has been a mentor for the Humber School for Writers correspondence program. She lives in Hamilton, Ontario. Smells Like Heaven is her first short fiction collection.

Table of Contents

Special 9

Canicular Days 24

The Language of Virgins 30

Wing 43

Father's Day 55

Here, in the Dirt 66

Freedom 75

The Benefit 81

The Renewal of Foggia 92

In Glass 117

You Fall Alone 135

Smells Like Heaven 149

She's Not Your Baby 159

Come Here, Go Away 182

Editorial Reviews

In gorgeously evocative prose, Cooper depicts and makes heartbreakingly palpable the evolution of imperfect lives. Her characters, full of sharp desires they can't outrun, seeking connection and solace at almost any cost, remind us of what it is to be human, frail, even blind. Cooper is a writer of extraordinary gifts. - Kelli Deeth, author of The Other Side of Youth"The best lies, she believes, are close to truth." This line from Sally Cooper's story collection, Smells Like Heaven, captures the feeling of quest in Cooper's characters as they set out and sometimes return to home in a small town, exploring love, friendship, and the creation of new families. This collection is deeply felt by a writer who dares tell fiction's truth. -Kim Echlin, author of Under the Visable LifeSally Cooper's stories hold a strange beauty and offer canny wisdom about life's injustices and mercies as they twist and untwist the kinks of linked lives. - Catherine Bush, author of Accusation

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