01932cam a2200337 i 4500 547065148 TxGeo 20220121120000.0 201103s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020047716 9781951631055 trade pbk. 1951631056 trade pbk. (OCoLC)1204268054 TxGeo rda Fox, Wendy J. What if we were somewhere else : stories / Wendy J. Fox. Santa Fe, NM : SFWP, [2021] 183 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier The Book of Names, a spreadsheet -- When you talk about the weather -- The old country -- Pivot, table -- The circle -- The crow -- Not us -- Tornado watch -- The empathy chair -- Pivot, feather -- The center of the circle -- The human -- Not me -- More terrible ways to make a living. "What If We Were Somewhere Else is the question everyone asks in these linked stories as they try to figure out how to move on from job losses, broken relationships, and fractured families. Following the employees of a nameless corporation and their loved ones, these stories examine the connections they forgee and the choices they make as they try to make their lives mean something in the soulless, unforgiving hollowness of corporate life. Looking hard at the families to which we are born and the families we make, What If We Were Somewhere Else asks its own questions about what it means to work, love, and age against the uncertain backdrop of modern America"-- Provided by publisher. 20220214. Employees Fiction. Families Fiction. Friendship Fiction. Choice Fiction. Short stories. QS5