Name the Boy: Short Stories - Paperback

by Shawn Kerivan (Author)

Set among the hardscrabble lives of people struggling to survive emotionally, culturally, and economically, Name the Boy: Short Stories reveals the small victories and crushing realities of lives lived on the edge of terror and redemption. The characters of Name the Boy--fathers and sons, wives and husbands, families and friends--find themselves at crossroads, faced with decisions that could cost them more than they dreamed. Yet despite the rough outcomes, these characters find grace and humor in their lives.

Author Biography

Shawn Kerivan was born in Quincy, Massachusetts and raised in Green Harbor, a small fishing village in the town of Marshfield, twenty-nine miles southeast of Boston. He attended the University of Maine at Orono, and received an MFA in creative writing from Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont. He's worked in the commercial fishing industry, as a commercial painter, a carpenter, and a freelance writer. For the past fourteen years he's owned and operated a small inn in Stowe, Vermont, with his wife and two sons.