Incendiary Girls, Kodi Scheer
Incendiary Girls, Kodi Scheer
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Incendiary Girls
Stories

Author: Kodi Scheer

Narrator: Kodi Scheer

Unabridged: 5 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 04/08/2014

Synopsis

Incendiary Girls explores our baser instincts with vivid imagination and dark humor. In these stories, the body becomes strange and unfamiliar terrain, a medium for transformation. In “Fundamental Laws of Nature,” a doctor considers legacy, both good and bad, when she discovers her mother has been reincarnated as a Thoroughbred mare. The infer­tile couple of “Primal Son” desperately wants a child, but when their wish is granted, the baby isn’t recognizably human. In “When a Camel Breaks Your Heart,” a figure artist struggles to understand her lover’s culture as he morphs, quite literally, into an exotic ani­mal. And the title story, narrated by an unorthodox angel, chronicles the remarkable life of a girl just beyond death’s reach.In Kodi Scheer’s hands, empathy and attachment are illuminated by the absurdity of life. When our bodies betray us, when we begin to feel our minds slip, how much can we embrace without going insane? How much can we detach ourselves before losing our humanity? Scheer’s stories grapple with these questions in each throbbing, choking, heartbreaking moment.

About Kodi Scheer

Kodi Scheer teaches writing at the University of Michigan. For her work as writer-in-residence at the Comprehensive Cancer Center, she was awarded the Dzanc Prize for Excellence in Literary Fiction and Community Service. Her stories have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, the Iowa Review, and other publications.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Andrea on April 13, 2014

Wow. This book packs more of a wallop than a punch! Here are my top five reasons why you should read this short story collection even if it's the only one you read in 2014! 1) Scheer's prose is of the variety that reminds you of the power of good literature. Her images leap off the page. Her wry, und......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on September 09, 2016

This excellent collection of short stories by debut author Kodi Scheer is one of the most memorable books I've read in a long time. Though the tales concern themselves with many different types of people--overworked medical students, young parents, lovers from different backgrounds, transplant patie......more

Goodreads review by Zoe on May 03, 2014

Kodi Scheer combines her medical training and understanding with magic realism to form an original collection of short stories. In Fundamental Laws of Nature - a woman doctor and cancer sufferer believes her daughter's horse is the reincarnation of her mother. Transplant - a story about a woman with......more

Goodreads review by Becky on February 05, 2016

This is a bizarre collection of pieces to be sure. My usual approach to any short story collection is to read straight through in order, just as I would chapters in a novel. This time, though, I mixed it up a bit. We have company in this week so shorts were definitely the perfect read but with time......more

Goodreads review by Mandi on April 29, 2014

Let's just say I was flummoxed by this one. Full review: [URL not allowed]......more

Quotes

“Eleven appealingly strange studies of bodies in crisis…An effective and surprising collection.” —Kirkus Reviews“Scheer is at her best when she sneaks in the fantastical elements, scattering bizarre episodes scattered in everyday settings and using these elements fantastical to reveal her characters’ emotional states.” —Publishers Weekly“Kodi Scheer is a talented storyteller with a gift for writing untraditionally about the fragile nature of life. The stories in her debut collection, Incendiary Girls, are shocking, heartbreaking, humorous, and delicate. None of them is easily forgotten.” —Bookslut

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