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A dusty, dreamy Hawaii rife with sexual frustration, loneliness and adolescent heartbreak may be the setting for that nine stories of Hemmings's bold debut collection. Misery adores company in "Final Girl," by which a single mother discovers a pornographic magazine in her 13-year-old son's room and turns on him despite herself, wishing he'd a greater portion of "that character-developing sadness. Instead, he's a child who sings inside the car." In the title story, intrepid preteen Kora is anxious to match into her clique of Lolitaesque teenage friends—island girls "doing bad things in pretty places"—and is frightened of losing her best friend, Wendy, when Wendy's delinquent brother, Perry, resurfaces. In "Begin having an Outline," a girl is haunted by her imprisoned father, a notorious drug dealer; in "Island Cowboys," embittered, indebted Pete covets his brother's easy prosperity and finds forbidden solace in his niece. A 16-year-old boy pines for his social-climbing nanny in "Secret Clutch," only to discover that she has had up along with his wealthy father; a teenage girl and her father's mistress develop a disturbing bond in "Location Scouts." At times Hemmings steers her troubled protagonists in predictable directions, but overall these are fresh, acerbic tales, offering a distinctive perspective on everyday life in the vacation paradise. Agent, Witherspoon Associates. (June 20)
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Just because the individual land masses that make up the Hawaiian Islands are worlds unto themselves, so, too, include the characters Hemmings depicts with this penetrating exploration in the nature of families and also the those who are part of them. Disappointment and isolation, frustration and regret inform each story's conflict, if it can be a father unprepared to raise his 10-year-old daughter while her mother lies in the coma, such as "The Minor Wars," or a pack of teenage girls flirting with independence in "House of Thieves." Hemmings takes her characters' cues from the composition from the islands she knows so well, their volcanic cores smoldering just beneath the surface, either instructed to lie dormant or prone to violent outbursts. Set from the tropical backdrop of sun, sand, and surf, Hemmings' stories are the greater surreal for perceptive juxtaposition of tumultuous emotions within this type of seemingly benign paradise. With a dynamic and imaginative voice, Hemmings infuses her stories with keen insight, and lavishes her characters with profound empathy. Carol Haggas
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