Father Guards the Sheep
Father Guards the Sheep by Sari Rosenblatt is a collection of short stories published by University of Iowa Press on October 2, 2020. This edition, comprising 182 pages, presents a nuanced exploration of father-daughter relationships, showcasing a range of characters from bullies to nervous guardians, all grappling with their pasts and uncertain futures.
Readers will encounter a diverse array of narratives, including a substitute teacher facing skeptical students and a mother finding comfort in an unexpected source. The stories blend humor and tenderness, reflecting on how these characters seek to extract sweetness from their inherited struggles. Through her comic sensibility, Rosenblatt invites readers to engage with the complexities of familial bonds and the pursuit of joy amidst challenges.
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In Sari Rosenblatt’s collection, by turns tender and hilarious, we see fathers who are bullies and nervous watchdogs, haunted by their own pasts and fear of the future they may never see. And who do their daughters become? A substitute teacher who encounters mouthy students who believe she’s not real. Another lands a job on her city’s arson squad, researching derelict properties their owners might want to burn. A beleaguered mother, humiliated by the PTA’s queen bee, finds solace in an ancient piece of caramel candy. “I keep sucking,” she says, “until some flavor, no longer caramel, comes out.” In the end, this is what all these finely wrought characters want: to wring sweetness from what’s been passed down to them.
Rosenblatt’s comic sensibility, so present in these stories, entertains and consoles, while seeming to say to her readers: you might as well laugh.
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