My Phantoms Sociology of Urban Areas In prose of outstanding immediacy

In prose of outstanding immediacy

a young teenager from a war-torn Middle Eastern country

As she struggles to come to terms with the only life she has

and moral fables—all in this hilarious and heartbreaking collection from an author hailed as the heir to Kurt Vonnegut and Thomas Pynchon

William Burroughs' virtuoso

My Phantoms Sociology of Urban Areas In prose of outstanding immediacyBridget's mother is dying. An extrovert with few friends who has sought intimacy in the wrong places; a twice divorced mother of two now living alone surrounded by her memories, Helen (known to her acquaintances as 'Hen') has always haunted her daughter. Now, as together they approach the end, Bridget looks back on their tumultuous relationship the performances and small deceptions and tries to reckon with the cruelties inflicted on both sides. With