Kingdom of the Sun: Stories
Short stories
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Summary
Set in southwestern New Mexico, the stories in James Terry&’s stunning debut explore the joys, insecurities, and failures of memorable characters as they attempt to connect with—or disconnect from—others around them. The elderly landlady of the Darling Courts apartments hires… a reclusive handyman who suffers from a fear of water, and the pair forms an unlikely bond. A worker&’s unscrupulous plan to build a road in the middle of the desert is threatened by a lonely pregnant woman living in a trailer parked directly in his path. Overcome by nostalgia, a married trucker making the California run from Waco to Los Angeles takes a truck-stop waitress to the Deming drive-in theater with disappointing results. Together, these surprising stories uncover how our environment manifests itself in our everyday lives.