Once Removed Stories
Once Removed Stories by Colette Sartor is a collection of linked short stories published by University of Georgia Press in 2019. This edition, written in English and spanning 204 pages, explores the complexities of intimacy through the experiences of various women who navigate the burdens and joys that come with close relationships.
Readers will find narratives that delve into the emotional intricacies of connection, featuring characters such as a singer grappling with her identity, an infertile law professor, and an aging shopkeeper concealing painful truths. The stories reflect on themes of grief, love, and the secrets that often accompany intimate bonds, showcasing Sartor’s ability to portray the fragility of these connections with depth and nuance.
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The women in the linked short story collection Once Removed carry the burdens imposed in the name of intimacy–the secrets kept, the lies told, the disputes initiated–as well as the joy that can still manage to triumph. A singer with a damaged voice and an assumed identity befriends a silent, troubled child; an infertile law professor covets a tenant’s daughterly affection; a new mother tries to shield her infant from her estranged mother’s surprise Easter visit; an aging shopkeeper hides her husband’s decline and a decades-old lie to keep her best friends from moving away.
With depth and an acute sense of the fragility of intimate connection, Colette Sartor creates stories of women that resonate with emotional complexity. Some of these women possess the fierce natures and long, vengeful memories of expert grudge holders. Others avoid conflict at every turn, or so they tell themselves. For all of them, grief lies at the core of love.
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