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The Words of Dr. L

Name: The Words of Dr. L
Brand: Counterpoint
SKU: 9781640095700-PRUSDTR
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Edition: US - Hardback

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304 pages • 5.5 x 8.25 in

Approx. weight: 1.25 lb

Publication date: 06 May,2025

Barcode: 9781640095700 • Counterpoint

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By: Karen E. Bender

National Book Award finalist Karen E. Bender returns with a story collection that uses both a realistic and a speculative lens to explore a universal situation—the ways parents and children separate at different times of life

Grounded in both the contemporary United States and a variety of dystopias, the new stories in Karen E. Bender’s third collection examine the evolving dynamics of the nuclear family in adolescence, motherhood, the empty nest, and caring for the aging parent. From a young woman who wants to learn secret words to terminate a pregnancy to a mother who discovers an extra child in her home she had forgotten about, to a couple separated from their son in globes orbiting the Earth, to society’s terrible plan to leave the burning planet for a life on Mars, the stories honor the emotional force of these situations by grappling with themes of freedom, self-definition, youth, aging, control, and power. Bender’s work explores the ordinary in the extraordinary, using settings both familiar and fantastic to discover new truths in the lifelong connection between parents and their children.