Claire Davis's novels have won acclaim from reviewers, readers, and booksellers alike. In "Labors of the Heart", she offers a stunning first collection of stories, some of which have been honoured by the Pushcart and Best American Short Stories anthologies. Adultery presents the quandary of a middle-aged man whose mother is cheating on her husband by keeping company with her ex-husband. In Grounded, a mother follows her teenage son as he attempts to run away along Montana's highways. And in Labors of the Heart, a lonely man - enormous and virginal - is literally struck by love for a woman he sees at a supermarket. Keenly attuned to the workings of the human heart and the hidden longings of seemingly-settled people, "Labors of the Heart" is a first-rate collection.
- ISBN10 031233284X
- ISBN13 9780312332846
- Publish Date 3 October 2006
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 13 December 2008
- Publish Country US
- Imprint St Martin's Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English