How the Heart Finds Its Form

Twelve psychologically-oriented stories explore the choices, doubts, wishes and secrets of the human heart. In a range of story tones, from suspenseful to comical to emotionally-wrenching, men and women grapple with questions of love, attachment, flirtation, memory, anxiety, truthfulness, grief and the courage to live fully from the heart.How The Heart Finds Its Form is a collection of contemporary American short stories exploring the emotional and psychological lives of men and women....
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Twelve psychologically-oriented stories explore the choices, doubts, wishes and secrets of the human heart. In a range of story tones, from suspenseful to comical to emotionally-wrenching, men and women grapple with questions of love, attachment, flirtation, memory, anxiety, truthfulness, grief and the courage to live fully from the heart.How The Heart Finds Its Form is a collection of contemporary American short stories exploring the emotional and psychological lives of men and women. The stories follow intriguing characters trying to understand their own hearts. Among the characters:A young psychologist questions his actions in a disputed adoption.An anxious woman struggles to cope with her best friend's amnesia.A lonely man tries to photograph the ultimate flirtatious look.An alienated young college student writes to a manipulative prisoner.An unfaithful professor is tormented by a doppelgänger.A poet faces a distortion of the past and its power over him.A wife fears that she may not really know her off-kilter husband.Two witnesses to a trauma cling to each other seeking release.For his first collection of short fiction, Ned W. Schultz brings a background as a psychology professor to the lives of his characters. How they face their inner questions and discover the courage to follow their hearts - these are the rich and thought-provoking themes of How The Heart Finds Its Form.The twelve stories include:In The Case of Baby Girl VIn The MorningNine Lessons About LookingBroken PitcherA Breath Proceeding From The MouthCave Of MachinesWantedIn The Night Of The Fire ShowersOne Big FamilyPoem For A Rainy EveningBackwards DayShot