The Court of Vintage Woods - Penzone, Josh
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In his fiction debut, Josh Penzone examines the emotional cages suburbanites use to entrap themselves. Over the course of the year, follow the residents of Vintage Woods Court as they inadvertently influence one another to realize how sometimes acceptance of self is the only change we are capable of. An aging woman off her meds abuses the privilege of being entrusted with her neighbor's key. A war veteran confronts the man who influenced him to enlist. A devoted husband hires a male escort to answer the question he's been afraid to ask himself. The HOA President seeks retribution after her…mehr

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In his fiction debut, Josh Penzone examines the emotional cages suburbanites use to entrap themselves. Over the course of the year, follow the residents of Vintage Woods Court as they inadvertently influence one another to realize how sometimes acceptance of self is the only change we are capable of. An aging woman off her meds abuses the privilege of being entrusted with her neighbor's key. A war veteran confronts the man who influenced him to enlist. A devoted husband hires a male escort to answer the question he's been afraid to ask himself. The HOA President seeks retribution after her school board campaign signs go missing. A teenage girl strips for strangers via webcam wishing to feel something, even humiliation. A couple, emotionally broken after the death of their baby, hopes the Vintage Woods cul-de-sac is their answer to a new start. In these eleven linked stories, Penzone explores the self-imposed tragic quest to feel something beyond life's dullness. Sometimes darkly funny, other times poignantly heart wrenching, suburbia's setting showcases a place where people sport outward smiles to mask inner secrets. But are they really fooling anyone? Maybe this is why a cul-de-sac is shaped like a peephole. We want to see in.
Autorenporträt
Josh Penzone is a Pushcart Prize-nominated writer whose stories have appeared in "Eunoia Review," "Junto Magazine," "Five on the Fifth," "Blue Lake Review," and elsewhere. He lives in Ohio with his wife and daughter where he's been a public educator for two decades. "The Court of Vintage Woods" is his first published book.