Karen Brown, “Unction”

Lilly is young and pregnant and working at the bookbinding machine shop.

(from The O. Henry Prize Stories 2006)

This story had some really pretty and deep moments. The part about the notes and such didn’t really hold my attention, but the youthful confusion was spot-on.

I read this in the Nethers.

NOTE: The entry on Damon Galgut’s “The Follower” has been updated.

One thought on “Karen Brown, “Unction”

Leave a Reply to Aditya Chopra Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>