Book: The Lifeguard: Stories Combining her consummate craft as a storyteller with her gift for dramatic travel writing, Morris presents a powerful collection of ten short stories.
"The Lifeguard "combines Mary Morris's consummate craft as a storyteller with her gift for dramatic travel writing. In the title story, a teenage lifeguard sees his mystique among the girls on the beach dissolve in a panicked moment when he cannot save a child. In "The Glass-Bottom Boat," a mother on her first trip abroad learns about trust from a solicitous stranger.
"The Lifeguard "is a powerful collection of ten short stories that shows Morris's great sensitivity to men and women at moments of turbulence, uncertainty, and crisis.
Details of Book: The Lifeguard: Stories Book: The Lifeguard: Stories
Author: Mary Morris
ISBN: 0312186940
ISBN-13: 9780312186944
, 978-0312186944
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: Apr 1998
Publisher: Picador Usa
Number of Pages: 192
Language: English