Pie (Kindle Single) (Ploughshares Solos Book 31)

Leaving behind her strict Mennonite upbringing, Kathryn has moved west. America has just won victory in Japan, and a charming older man begins visiting the diner where Kathryn works, taking her out dancing and around town. With her old soldier boyfriends now scattered, and the country flush with postwar happiness, Kathryn takes a chance on her mysterious admirer and moves to Los Angeles with him. But how much does she really know about this new man? In "Pie," acclaimed novelist and poet Suzanne Matson looks at the thrill and danger inherent in the American dream of unrestricted liberty.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Suzanne Matson's most recent novel is The Tree-Sitter, published by W. W. Norton and shortlisted for the PEN New England/L. L. Winship Prize in 2006. Her previous two novels, also from Norton, are A Trick of Nature and The Hunger Moon. She is currently writing a collection of linked short stories, which includes "Pie." Her books of poems are Durable Goods and Sea Level, published by Alice James Books. Originally from Portland, Oregon, Matson teaches at Boston College. She's received writing fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and the American-Scandinavian Foundation, as well as an Academy of American Poets Prize and Poetry Northwest's Young Poet's Prize. Her website is suzannematson.com.