Join Us for More of This World or Maybe Another

UNC Staff are invited to join the Employee Forum book club on March 24, 2016 from 12pm-1pm at Bulls Head Book Shop. We will discuss the book More of This World of Maybe Another by Barb Johnson. The book can be purchased at a special discount online or in the store at Bulls Head Book Shop.

Lunch will be provided with registration:  http://tinyurl.com/j27rr9q  Please email employeeforum@unc.edu if you have special dietary concerns.

Description: From the backstreets of New Orleans to the rural Gulf Coast–this is the territory Johnson mines so unforgettably in her debut story collection. Filled with humor and pathos, with the nearness and danger of life on the edge, these stories chart the anxious inner moments of four related characters.

Johnson introduces the teenage Delia in the midst of working up the nerve for a first kiss; and Dooley, who drives a forklift for a living but dreams of a career in music that’s been put on ice after a tragic accident. Pudge, an alcoholic who survived a cruel childhood with an abusive father, now hides from his own son, Luis; and Luis, raised without a father, concocts a suitable end for his mother’s horrible boyfriend. Determined to save both Pudge and his son from an unhappy end, Johnson’s cast of characters huddles together at the local laundromat, scheming.

Johnson’s stories are sweet, messy, and heart-rending. As we watch her characters through her wide-angle lens, she makes us believe that life is worth living even when the circumstances say otherwise. Irresistible and perfect, More of This World or Maybe Another introduces an original voice in American fiction.