Divergent Lives of No Consequence: Short Stories
About
This four-story collection is about how many lives interact in the world and how one false step, move, or thought can change everything for us. The exploration of lives is a constant journey, some sad others brilliant. All, though, share one quality: struggle. The struggle to succeed, to find meaning, to find happiness, or to find freedom. What is the journey that you are on now? And how are you faring? The subjects of the stories are somewhere on their paths toward a resolution that they may never find. But isn’t that all of our lives? We want resolution, about one matter or another, at all stages of our lives, but we may never find it. And isn’t that just sad?
Praise for this book
If you have the courage, this book will take you on a harrowing journey through the lives of people whose shoes you'd rather not fill. Alemán's prose keeps the characters' thoughts and actions (mostly thoughts) vivid and clear. The stories never feel like they're dragging, and it's easy to forget that these stories are not, in fact, particularly short.
"Haunting, honest, and quietly profound, Divergent Lives of No Consequence is a beautifully crafted collection that explores the fragile intersections of fate and failure, revealing how the smallest missteps can unravel or redefine the human search for meaning."