Infinite Dimensions
Stories
Jessica Treadway
- Twelve
- short
- stories
- delving
- into
- the
- minds
- of
- characters
- struggling
- as
- they
- attempt
- to
- build
- their
- lives
- on
- shaky
- ground.A
- female
- bank
- executive,
- who
- thinks
- she’s
- placed
- her
- struggles
- with
- mental
- illness
- behind
- her,
- must
- make
- a
- tough
- decision
- when
- her
- former
- hospital
- roommate
- shows
- up
- for
- a
- job
- interview.
- A
- college
- student
- struggling
- with
- his
- philosophy
- assignment
- asks
- a
- relative
- for
- help
- only
- to
- be
- troubled
- by
- the
- results.
- A
- recovering
- alcoholic
- author
- teeters
- on
- the
- edge
- of
- self-sabotage
- as
- she
- travels
- to
- a
- dinner
- meeting
- with
- an
- influential
- editor.
- A
- woman
- longs
- to
- have
- a
- brain
- tumor
- so
- that
- she
- might
- get
- some
- attention
- .
- .
- .These
- are
- just
- a
- few
- of
- the
- characters
- inhabiting
- Infinite
- Dimensions,
- from
- thewinner
- of
- the
- Flannery
- O’Connor
- Award
- for
- Short
- Fiction
- for
- Please
- Come
- Back
- to
- Me.
- In
- this
- collection,
- Jessica
- Treadway
- links
- her
- stories
- with
- vulnerable
- characters
- in
- similar
- settings,
- featuring
- themes
- of
- fidelity,
- betrayal,
- and
- self-delusion.
- And
- throughout
- all
- of
- it,
- she
- reveals
- her
- stunning
- grasp
- of
- human
- psychology
- in
- all
- its
- complex
- forms.Praise
- for
- Infinite
- Dimensions“Jessica
- Treadway’s
- intense
- and
- moving
- stories
- are
- connected
- by
- an
- intriguing
- thread,
- yet
- each
- one
- stands
- alone
- as
- a
- gem
- of
- intuition
- and
- empathy.
- This
- is
- a
- stellar
- collection.”
- —Hilma
- Wolitzer,
- author
- of
- Today
- a
- Woman
- Went
- Mad
- in
- the
- Supermarket“What
- an
- exquisite
- gift.
- .
- .
- .
- A
- masterclass
- in
- the
- story
- form,
- Treadway’s
- riveting
- collection
- awakens
- us
- to
- the
- marvel
- of
- our
- ordinary
- lives,
- even
- as
- it
- demonstrates
- how
- little
- it
- takes
- to
- shatter
- them.
- .
- .
- .
- This
- book
- is
- simply
- astonishing.”
- —E.
- J.
- Levy,
- author
- of
- The
- Cape
- Doctor
- and
- Love,
- in
- Theory“Treadway’s
- dynamic
- collection
- .
- .
- .
- intuitively
- explores
- the
- vulnerabilities
- of
- her
- characters.
- .
- .
- .
- These
- stories
- are
- powerful
- and
- believable.”
- —Publishers Weekly
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