'The Afterlives' Explores What We'll Do For Another Glimpse Of The Departed
There's nothing quite like the desperation to communicate with loved ones we've lost — and it's that desire that fuels Thomas Pierce's richly imaginative debut novel The Afterlives.
There's no kind of anguished desperation that feels quite like the desire to communicate with loved ones who we've lost. It can turn even the most rational person into a believer in the supernatural — to the bereaved, even if there's just a small chance of connecting with a dead friend or family member, isn't it worth the three dollars for the first minute and 99 cents for each additional minute?
The desire to. Like his previous book, the short story collection , it's richly imaginative, quirky but not twee, and the work of an author who's determined to find the surreal behind the ordinary.
