Description:
The collection offers a portraiture of suburbia, and features close examinations of family, friendship and their fracture.
Review Quotes:
As far as good, interesting short story collections go, this was a 5-star read for me. The stories are varied, and at times it feels like it could be an anthology by different writers. He writes effortlessly whether as a teen, an elderly man, or someone in between. He does it all so well, giving the reader *just* enough story leaving you to flesh out what could have happened at the end. --James Fisher, The Seaboard Review
"In each story, the intensity builds as day-to-day life is rapidly unfurled to reveal the longings and aches that stir within the characters. The vividly evoked settings pit the characters against their environments as much as each other and themselves. Each story inserts the reader into the midst of a new microcosm, which is often on the verge of disaster. The portrayal is hard-edged, almost cynical, but life-affirming, with humour and an eye for the amusingly absurd. Foy has crafted a collection that reminds us why, despite the tiring tribulations of life, we want more of it." --Thomas Abray, Pollen "The stories in Michael Foy's new pyrotechnic collection Driving Crazy to the Front Door cast an unsettling afterglow. Long after I put the book down, I found myself returning to it, wondering: How did we get here? How do we get out? What comes next? A longing threads through each story--for a moment, a place, or for someone perhaps now long gone, or who may never have been." --Mark McGuire, Clay Footed Giants