Description
The collection of stories in "The Whole World at Once" are all about the experience of loss. The stories include a soldier returning home from multiple tours of duty and kids chasing a ghost story up country roads. In each story, the characters are grappling with what it means to live in a world with death. Some of the stories are dark and strange, while others are beautiful.
The Whole World at Once is a collection of intense stories about the experience of loss. A soldier returns home from multiple tours only to begin planting landmines in the field behind his house; kids chase a ghost story up country roads only to become one themselves; one girl copes with the anniversary of her sisters disappearance during the agricultural fair, while another girl searches for understanding after seeing the picture of a small boy washed onto a beach.
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The Whole World at Once follow the lives of people grappling with what it means to live in a world with death.