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TURKEYS & PEACOCKS: Stories & Tales
by Richard Chetwynd
202 pages
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A collection of short stories that dramatizes the realities of working men and women, families and loners. The discovery of old secrets, the pressures of work and family, sibling rivalries, misunderstandings, false hopes, and muted dreams are just some of the themes explored in this collection.
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About the Book
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A collection of short stories and tales that dramatizes the realities of working men, women, families, and loners. Whether it’s the discovery of old secrets or the pressures of work and family, the characters in this collection aim to do what is right for themselves and for their loved ones. They try to live their lives with meaning, while a loud, indifferent world aims to reduce them to nothing but the means to an end. From the first story to the last, the characters go about their business only vaguely aware of the larger forces controlling their worlds, and yet determined to live on their own terms. Some characters fight and some go with the flow, while all face their options with as much courage and focus as they can muster in the circumstances. In the first story, Ralph quits his job to protect the reputation of an eccentric customer. In “The Screw,” Joe discovers that his brother has been lying to him, a lie that threatens to bring down his world. Caleb, highschool drop-out, wants to head west, but discovers a murder that he chooses to keep to himself.
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| About the Author |
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Richard Chetwynd was born in Boston and attended Boston Public Schools. After graduating from Emerson College, he earned his MFA at the University of Iowa’s Writer’s Workshop. As a Fulbright scholar to Poland, he conducted interviews with Polish poets, translated their work, and taught American literature, culture and writing at Copernicus University in Torun, Poland. He’s the author of three chapbooks; "No Emergency Plan,” "Watering Hell,” "Udopia," and the prose-poem collection, Heroic Age. His poems have appeared in leading magazines and journals around the world, while outside of academia he has worked as both writer and editor with various Polish municipalities to improve the quality of their publications in English, as well as continuing to translate literary works. He has also authored several proposals for public monuments in Poland for the most distinguished contemporary public sculptors. He currently lives on a farm with his wife and son and pets; working on his own poetry and prose, and taking a hands-on approach to his son’s education. |
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