Kernels: stories - Softcover

Behan, Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1734494344 ISBN 13: 9781734494341

Publisher: Lawrence Gate Press, 2021

Synopsis

From Ireland, Iowa, New Orleans, Dublin, New York and beyond, the short stories in this collection explore a wide range of themes: secrets in the past, challenged sexual identity, losing one’s faith, getting old, unsatisfactory answers to questions, advice to your younger self, the power of a Native American artifact, hazards for women in research, a woman pilot trying to join the “boys club,” love is not all it appears to be.

About this title

About the Author

MARY BEHAN was formerly a professor of neuroscience. Now retired, she devotes her time to writing fiction, memoir, and short stories. Her first book, Abbey Girls, is a memoir she wrote with her sister, Valerie Behan, about their childhood in Ireland. Her first novel, A Measured Thread, set in Wisconsin and Ireland, was named a Top 100 Indie Book in 2020 as well as a Silver Medal winner in the eLit Book Awards. The String of Pearls was previously published in the Irish literary journal, Crossways. Mary lives with her husband in the Driftless Area of southwest Wisconsin. Visit her at mvbehan.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lawrence Gate Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1734494344
• ISBN 13: 9781734494341
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200