Roadless Homelands: A Collection of Short Stories

In this wry collection, the Baroness explores our need for a place to call home, and how this need is tied to our identity.In The Ocean doesn’t Want Me Today, home is a physical place. In The Snows of Jake Manjaro, it’s the all-consuming vocation of war journalism. Yes, This is A Fine Promotion features a young man who meets himself on a subway train in Chicago, while in The High Price of the WildTruth, a beach bum slowly transforms into his once-famous television character, a hired vigilante killer.These stories-blunt, funny, and deceptively simple-capture the wonderful ridiculousness of being human. Unforgettable characters, fantastic realities, and crackling dialogue–woven with gentle, satire and optimism–makes for a wild ride with a satisfying splashdown.