Hellgoing: Stories

By Lynn Coady

Categories: Literature & Fiction

Hellgoing (2013) by Lynn Coady is a collection of short stories. Its characters, many of them Canadians at turning points in their lives, include grown children dealing with aging parents, people far from home and lovers testing their limits. The stories examine family ties, desire, faith and the ways people hurt and rescue one another, moving between dark humor and tenderness across a wide range of settings.

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• Margaret Atwood: “Shall it be Alice Munro, Mavis Gallant, or one of a large number of younger practitioners, such as "Birds of America" story writer Lorrie Moore, or Kelly Link ("Get in Trouble"), or Lynn Coady ("Hellgoing")?”