More Hell

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In Midwestern flyover country the stories of </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>More Hell </em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>weave a rich and sometimes comic tapestry of longing addiction sex and loss-themes common to all our lives. The wild cast of rural characters navigate a fast-changing world from their vantage point in a place unaccustomed to such change. This collection swirls perpetually around the hope and animosity of Neil and Maria Kenning's fracturing marriage while introducing readers to the voices around them: an autistic woman who imagines her relationship as a fragile glass house; a little girl who plays with sentient nativity figurines while her mother's infidelity unfolds for all to see; a young man grieving the deaths of his great aunt and a blue-collar boy he had feelings for in high school. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>More Hell </em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>presents characters struggling for self-actualization and personal identity in a space painfully confined by its geography.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>al-Sirgany's writing paints a nuanced picture challenging stereotypes and revealing the depth and diversity hidden beneath the surface of a seemingly monochrome landscape. The cast of </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>More Hell </em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>will resonate long after the final page. </span></p><p></p><p></p>