Out of Cleveland

The unconventional female protagonists who populate this remarkable collection of short stories face a bevy of challenges ranging from the mundane to the daunting. As they delve into the psychology of the modern woman, each story also experiments with form, voice, texture, and mood in a distinctive way. In one tale a truck driver and a woman in a Mustang perform an unlikely romantic duet in stream of consciousness. In another, symbolic events collide to form a female coming-of-age tale. Despite their differences in attitude and outlook, these heroines are all bound together by their constant pursuit of the truth.