Resolutions
A Family in Stories
by Jen Knox
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
Send NetGalley books directly to your Kindle or Kindle app
1
To read on a Kindle or Kindle app, please add kindle@netgalley.com as an approved email address to receive files in your Amazon account. Click here for step-by-step instructions.
2
Also find your Kindle email address within your Amazon account, and enter it here.
Pub Date Mar 02 2020 | Archive Date Jul 26 2020
Talking about this book? Use #Resolutions #NetGalley. More hashtag tips!
Description
Linked collection of short stories by Jen Knox, winner of the Prize Americana for Prose and Pen/Faulkner nominee.
Resolutions is a multi-perspective family drama. Molly May is barely a teenager, but she is adept at navigating extremes. Between her self-help addicted and often-intolerant mother, rebellious and idealistic sister, and two younger brothers--Joey, who seems destined for stardom, and Myron, who seems destined for prison--she has her work cut out for her.
Meanwhile, Jasmine, a mother of four, is just trying to find some semblance of freedom. She dreams of finding relief from recurring energy 'shifts' that she attributes to a curse. It isn't until her oldest, Allie, is brutally attacked, and everyone is reunited, that her energy shifts for good.
Resolutions is an exploration of freedom and perspective through a coming-of-age lens.
Advance Praise
"""Set in Ohio and told from the point of view of a struggling single mother and her youngest daughter, Resolutions is a beautifully rendered, poignant, and earnest look at the modern American family. Jen Knox illustrates what we are capable of as daughters, sons, mothers, grandchildren, friends, and siblings--the roles we play, what we do to each other, what we owe each other, and how we carry on when we fail spectacularly. At the heart of this book is a fierce, loving voice that shines through in characters so real you ache for them. Knox has written an unforgettable account of a traumatized working-class family and how they continue to survive and love despite perpetual hardship."" -Beth Gilstrap, I Am Barbarella: Stories and Deadheading & Other Stories
""So thoroughly immersive in prose and purpose. Like watching a series of plays on the most intimate of stages. Yet Jen Knox doesn't rely on the trappings of 'pretty' writing. A story is only as good as its characters, and she's created a vibrant, grounded world full of life and substance. A marvelously effective work--and an author to watch.""- Matt Joseph Misetich, Book Pipeline
""Never predictable but always from the heart, Jen Knox's Resolutions will leave you feeling for her characters long after you've turned the last page."" - Tanya Breshears, Curious Fictions"
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9781733089876 |
| PRICE | $2.99 (USD) |
Links
Available on NetGalley
Featured Reviews
louisa t, Reviewer
* spoiler alert ** When I started this,I thought the missing daughter was going to be the star of the show,mainly due to her absence.
But second child Molly Mae stepped firmly into that role,as she held the family together.
The whole thing was full of family tension,sibling love and crazy mother.
It came as no surprise that Jasmine had mental health issues,and really was trying to do her best for her kids.
Quite the emotional read.
Trisa H, Media/Journalist
Resolutions: A Family in Stories by Jen Knox is a collection of short stories that depict the struggles and resolutions of a troubled family. The stories take place between 2014 and 2030 and tell the story of Jasmine, a widowed mother of four who works hard to support her family and encourages her children to set goals. The book explores the complexities of family dynamics, mental illness, and loss, and how the family members deal with these challenges. The main narrator is Molly May, the middle child, who tells most of the stories and takes on the role of a substitute parent to her younger brothers. The book is well-written and engaging, and it explores the political context of pre-pandemic, pre-racial-protest America. Overall, the book offers hope and models of individual and family survival, and suggests that life doesn't always offer solutions but literature can.
Readers who liked this book also liked:
Jodi Picoult; Jennifer Finney Boylan
General Fiction (Adult), Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction
Elizabeth Passarella
Essays & Collections, Humor & Satire, Religion & Spirituality
Publishers Lunch
General Fiction (Adult), Nonfiction (Adult), Teens & YA
