In the Event of Contact chronicles characters profoundly affected by physical connection, or its lack. Among them, a scrappy teen vies to be the next Sherlock Holmes; an immigrant daughter must defend her decision to remain childless; a guilt-ridden woman is haunted by the disappearance of her childhood friend; a cantankerous crossing guard celebrates getting run over by a truck; an embattled priest with dementia determines to perform a heroic, redemptive act, if he can only remember how; and a young girl navigates crippling aversion to touch, even from her sisters.
Amidst backgrounds of trespass and absence, the indelible characters of In the Event of Contact seek renewed belief in themselves, recovery, and humanity.
- ISBN10 1950539261
- ISBN13 9781950539260
- Publish Date 3 June 2021 (first published 18 May 2021)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Dzanc Books
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 192
- Language English