Randy Kraft, Reader/Writer

In the three novels and many short stories published by Randy Kraft, women, mostly, grapple with the challenges of intimate relationships, aging, family dynamics, grief, and the passages we navigate along our timelines. In a voice reminiscent of Meg Wolitzer, Sue Miller, Mary Gordon or Elizabeth Strout, this is true-to-life fiction with much to relate to and discuss.

Available at your bookstore or online.

When Nell, a recluse who lives in the grip of grief, is forced to leave her home and join her best friend Anna's family, waiting for her to awaken from a coma, Nell is forced to face truths of which she was unaware and finally do what it takes to come back to life.

On the night of Obama's second election, a black girl kills a white boy in self-defense and when she must face the judge, her extended family - white, black and brown - wait with her, considering their own saga and their own self-defense.

In these contemporary stories, women, their men, family members & friends, grapple with the delicate balance between passion and reason. Are we the rational creatures we mean to be in a post-feminist new millennial world?

When Sharon and Red, amicably separated after a long marriage, agree to spend a winter retreat at a beach town together, old patterns and sentiments resurface, as they become fascinated with a mysterious landlord, and take an interest in locals and neighbors, as the winds of pandemic blow.