She has a son, Bo, who runs away and darts in between cars on the interstate. Callie has a happy life with her husband, whom she loves. Two women, Callie and Marie, lead very different lives. His child recounts life with his dad and how the man eventually lost his sanity after his wife died and began to decorate the pole in bizarre ways. Kyle, a boy who lives nearby whose parents enforce very strict household rules, sees the event unfold and must decide whether to help Alison (who used to be his friend but stopped hanging out with him after becoming popular) or to ignore the situation to keep himself safe.Ī father has a tall pole in the front yard that he constantly decorates for holidays. "Exhortation" - Originally published as part of "Four Institutional Monologues"Ī young girl named Alison is kidnapped three days before her birthday. The collection also won the 2013 Story Prize for short-story collections and the inaugural (2014) Folio Prize. Tenth of December was selected as one of the 10 Best Books of 2013 by the editors of the New York Times Book Review. One of the stories, "Home," was a 2011 Bram Stoker Award finalist. The book was published on January 8, 2013, by Random House. It includes stories published in various magazines between 19. Tenth of December is a collection of short stories by American author George Saunders.
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