Background
Lott, Bret was born on October 8, 1958 in Hawthorne, California, United States. Son of Wilman Sequoia and Barbara John (Holmes) Lott.
(During a cold Massachusetts winter, a tragic car accident...)
During a cold Massachusetts winter, a tragic car accident leaves a mother childless and her daughter-in-law a widow. Naomi and Ruth are now each other’s only comfort. Naomi lost her own husband eight years ago, and now she has lost her son. Carrying a deep secret in her soul, Naomi decides to return to her childhood home in coastal South Carolina. When she tells Ruth her plan, she receives an unexpected reply: “Where you go, I will go.” So the two women plan the journey together, arriving at a place that is flooded with a love they are nearly too fragile to accept. Surrounded by the warmth of their newfound family, Naomi and Ruth begin to find themselves reawakened–and open to the possibility of redemption.
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(In this deeply affecting, beautifully crafted collection ...)
In this deeply affecting, beautifully crafted collection of short fiction, Bret Lott broadens his stylistic range, striking a surprisingly surreal tone with stark, hyperrealistic prose. As story after dazzling story deliberately takes you down a deceptively ordinary path, the arresting center of each startles your unsuspecting sensibility. Among the narrative gems is “Family,” in which a husband and wife bicker incessantly before realizing that their two children are missing, only to discover them in a surprising place–and in a disturbing condition. In “Everything Cut Will Come Back,” a long-distance phone call between two brothers takes a turn when their own tragic past crackles over the line. In “History,” a widow thinks she spots her son at the airport and is left instead with a simple memory of her late husband that resolves her grief. The innocence of three boys is lost when they witness a devastating winter tragedy in “The Train, the Lake, the Bridge.” Within these pages, adulterers are unceremoniously caught, epiphanies arrive during bizarre encounters, and characters move through everyday moments with a fortitude that elevates these stories almost to mythical status. Without a stroke of false sentimentality, The Difference Between Women and Men will leave you strangely shaken–and ever aware of the odd permutations of humankind. From the Hardcover edition.
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( When Rick Wheeler's wife walks out on him, he nearly d...)
When Rick Wheeler's wife walks out on him, he nearly drowns in despair. So the RC Cola salesman throws himself into work -- setting sales records, winning a promotion, burying himself in the lonely present while he scours the past for hope. Then at last on a cold Vermont morning, a hunter and his prey show him unexpectedly, haltingly, the way back to love and faith.
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literature and language professor writer
Lott, Bret was born on October 8, 1958 in Hawthorne, California, United States. Son of Wilman Sequoia and Barbara John (Holmes) Lott.
Bachelor in English, California State University, Long Beach, 1981. Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, University Massachusetts, 1984.
He taught creative writing at the College of Charleston for eighteen years, where he was also writer-in-residence. He was editor of the Southern Review at Louisiana State University until January He returned to teaching English at the College of Charleston in fall 2007. His latest book is Letters and Life: On Being a Writer, On Being a Christian (2013).
He lives in Charleston, South Carolina.
(In this deeply affecting, beautifully crafted collection ...)
(During a cold Massachusetts winter, a tragic car accident...)
( When Rick Wheeler's wife walks out on him, he nearly d...)
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Cubmaster Boy Scouts American, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, 1990-1997. Member James Island Christian School Board, Charleston, since 2000. Member Associate Writing Programs.
Married Melanie Kai Swank, June 28, 1980. Children: Zebulun Holmes, Jacob Daynes.