In her debut collection of stories, Carmella Gray-Cosgrove’s Nowadays and Lonelier takes readers into the inner lives of such people, poking around in overlooked corners and with people living on the fringes. In 22 stories, Nowadays and Lonelier takes readers around the country and into the lives of dancers, painters, baristas and soldiers on leave. A handful of those stories are included in Nowadays and Lonelier, but the majority of what’s here is exclusive to this collection. In just a few pages, Gray-Cosgrove takes you into France and a son bringing his new girlfriend to his mom’s house. All in all, Nowadays and Lonelier is a welcome debut and an interesting collection of stories about the kinds of people one sees all the time, but never really knows.

Source: CBC News June 16, 2022 02:01 UTC