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Elizabeth Geoghegan masterfully explores the complexities of the human experience through her short story collections and memoirs. Her writing is characterized by a keen insight into character psychology and a sensitive depiction of the environments that shape their lives. Geoghegan's work often delves into themes of isolation, the search for identity, and interconnectedness in the contemporary world. She is celebrated for her ability to capture the subtle nuances of human relationships, offering readers profound and thought-provoking literary journeys.

2023
The Marco Chronicles
70 pages
3 hours of reading
Set against the backdrop of Rome, this flash memoir follows a young American expat navigating the highs and lows of life in Italy. Amidst the allure of charming men and stunning antiquities, she faces romantic misadventures that reveal the hidden costs of the dolce vita. With a blend of humor and vulnerability, Elizabeth Geoghegan offers a candid exploration of grief and the quest for love in her 30s. This edition also features "The Violet Hour," a short story from her acclaimed collection, eightball.
2019
eightball
235 pages
9 hours of reading
3.0(160)Add rating
Eightball strikes hard. Fueled by an abiding sense of loss, these eight stories take you on a journey over the exploded fault lines of intimacy, unfolding across cities and continents. Whether hitchhiking the Italian Veneto, trekking through a pitch-black Balinese rice field, or queuing for drinks in a crowded Seattle bar, Geoghegan sets her characters adrift in a world that stakes its claim to the enigmatic terrain of desire. This collection of darkly comic, occasionally violent, tales is anchored by the eponymous "eightball," a coming of age novella about a sister and brother guided by the inertia of recklessness and self-destruction. A prot g of the late Lucia Berlin, Elizabeth Geoghegan writes lyric, place-driven prose laced with edgy realism and wry wit.

The Marco Chronicles

eightball