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Things Kept, Things Left Behind.(Brief article)(Book review)
Things Kept, Things Left Behind JIM TOMLINSON. Univ. of Iowa, $13.93 (170p) ISBN 0-87745-991-6
A rural Kentucky where pride and familial honor are sacrosanct, old flames don't extinguish quietly and secrets are hard to keep centers Tomlinson's debut story collection. In the finely wrought "Flights," a writer sits at his father's bedside transcribing the dying man's remembrances, but a cunning shift in perspective shows the real power they hold for the son. The companion stories "Things Kept" and "Things Left Behind" examine what can be salvaged in marriage and what can't. In the first, LeAnn McCray, one of eight children, is summoned home …
