Her work has been published by Tin House, n+1, The Threepenny Review, Indiana Review, Epoch, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Alaska Quarterly Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Lit Hub, Electric Literature, among others, and has been selected as a Distinguished Story in The Best American Short Stories. “Maria Adelmann is the author of a novel and a short story collection. I read a huge chunk of mine in a hammock in Quebec, Canada. Bonus points for anyone who really makes the commitment and reads it on a folding chair. PERFECT PAIRINGS (besides the book recommendations below): Grab some donuts, Oreo cookies, and coffee. But Adelmann takes it to the next level by placing it smack-dab in the middle of our crazy times and shows the characters dealing with the associated fame/notoriety that accompanies the trauma for many victims long after the “moment” of danger has passed.Īs satisfying as all of the high concept and thematic aspects of the story are, what really sticks with you is watching the relationships of these characters change-with themselves, with each other, with the various villains/attackers of their stories, and with their stories that have defined them. The concept itself (the heroines of five well-known fairy tales meeting to discuss and work through the PTSD of what happened to them) is, by itself, such a fresh, cool concept. Each time I put down the book, I felt a piece of my mind lingering behind, still chewing on what might be next in the evolution of a character as she deals with her PTSD. That church basement is not something you leave easily. The next minute, I’d reemerge to discuss weighty vacation decisions like where to eat next with my three guys.
One minute, I was consumed by the story of a support group for five traumatized female characters from various fairy tales. It made for some interesting transitions at times. This is not what I’d call your typical summer/beach/vacation read, but that’s when I read it.
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