Old Crimes: And Other Stories (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781616209735)

Beloved author Jill McCorkle delivers a collection of masterful stories that are as complex as novels--deeply perceptive, funny, and tragic in equal measure--about crimes large and small.

McCorkle, author of the New York Times bestselling Life After Life and the widely acclaimed Hieroglyphics ("One of our wryest, warmest, wisest storytellers" --Rebecca Makkai), brings us a breathtaking collection of stories that offers an intimate look at the moments when a person's life changes forever.

Old Crimes delves into the lives of characters who hold their secrets and misdeeds close, even as the past continues to reverberate across generations. And despite the characters' yearnings for connection, they can't seem to tell the whole truth: A woman uses her hearing impairment as a way to guard herself from her husband's commentary. A telephone lineman strains to communicate with his family even as he feels pushed aside in a digital world. A young couple buys a confessional booth for fun, only to discover the cost of honesty. A family reunion, ripe with treasured memories, takes place amid a secret that will alter all of their futures. Throughout, McCorkle takes us deep into these conflicted and sympathetic characters, puzzling to figure out the meaning of their own lives.

Moving and unforgettable, the stories in Old Crimes capture miniworlds full of great intensity, longing, affection, and the daily small crimes people hold close.

Author: Jill McCorkle
ISBN-10: 1616209739
ISBN-13: 9781616209735
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Language: English
Published: 01/09/2024
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 09/01/2023 pg. 3
Publishers Weekly 10/09/2023
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2023
Booklist 11/01/2023 pg. 23
Shelf Awareness 01/26/2024
Library Journal 03/29/2024 pg. 1