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A dusty, dreamy Hawaii rife with sexual frustration, loneliness and adolescent heartbreak may be the setting for the nine stories of Hemmings's bold debut collection. Misery adores company in "Final Girl," through which an individual mother discovers a pornographic magazine in her 13-year-old son's room and turns on him despite herself, wishing he had much more of "that character-developing sadness. Instead, he's a youngster who sings within the car." In the title story, intrepid preteen Kora is anxious to match into her clique of Lolitaesque teenage friends—island girls "doing bad things in pretty places"—and is frightened of losing her best friend, Wendy, when Wendy's delinquent brother, Perry, resurfaces. In "Begin with an Outline," a female is haunted by her imprisoned father, a notorious drug dealer; in "Island Cowboys," embittered, indebted Pete covets his brother's easy prosperity and finds forbidden solace as part of his niece. A 16-year-old boy pines for his social-climbing nanny in "Secret Clutch," only to discover she has had up regarding his wealthy father; a teenage girl and her father's mistress create a disturbing bond in "Location Scouts." At times Hemmings steers her troubled protagonists in predictable directions, but overall these are fresh, acerbic tales, offering a distinctive perspective on everyday routine inside a vacation paradise. Agent, Witherspoon Associates. (June 20)
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Just because the individual land masses which make the Hawaiian Islands are worlds unto themselves, so, too, include the characters Hemmings depicts in this penetrating exploration of the nature of families and also the those who belong to them. Disappointment and isolation, frustration and regret inform each story's conflict, whether or not this is often a father unprepared to raise his 10-year-old daughter while her mother lies in a coma, as in "The Minor Wars," or even a pack of teenage girls flirting with independence in "House of Thieves." Hemmings takes her characters' cues from your composition with the islands she knows so well, their volcanic cores smoldering just under the surface, either forced to lie dormant or prone to violent outbursts. Set up against the tropical backdrop of sun, sand, and surf, Hemmings' stories are typical the greater surreal for their perceptive juxtaposition of tumultuous emotions within this kind of seemingly benign paradise. With a dynamic and imaginative voice, Hemmings infuses her stories with keen insight, and lavishes her characters with profound empathy. Carol Haggas
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