Power Lines and Other Stories

Jane Bradley writes with sympathy and understanding of ordinary lives. The women and men in Power Lines precariously hold on to what little they have, struggling to make their lives whole and emotionally right by creating a kind of freedom through imagination and the will to love and connect with someone. Often their impulses are destructive in spite of their good intentions. Some characters make it; many don't. But even the defeated gain some strength from their memories of those who loved them. These stories of survival were first published in Crazyhorse, The North American Review, and other journals.