AllThingsThatMatterPress

BY

KAT HAUSLER

Setagainst the colorful, yet sometimes strangely cold, backdrop ofManhattan, the stories in this collection are peopled with a veryparticular breed of heroes, not quite what they're fighting for. Hereyou will find characters in progress, people still getting to who theyare: a self-conscious student who feels incomplete without a partner, atalented artist blind to the beauty of his own work, a couple who can'tbring their love of an idealized past into the present, and an unstablewoman whose breakdown causes those around her to realize their ownfrailty. These everyday heroes all have their own flaws and failings,all fall short time and time again, but struggle on, after worthy butelusive ideals: a sense of self, and a connection to the world aroundthem.