Brawler

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Brawler is Lauren Groff’s powerful new collection of nine stories, spanning decades and regions. These tales explore the ongoing struggle between light and darkness inside us all.

A vivid exploration of human nature’s clash between love, fear, and survival across time and place.

Lauren Groff, one of today’s finest writers, returns with her first story collection since the acclaimed Florida. Set from the 1950s to modern times and moving through New England, Florida, and California, these nine stories revolve around a single, unifying theme: the relentless conflict between the shadows and brightness within every person.

Within these pages, you’ll meet a young woman suddenly tasked with caring for her disabled sibling, a fiery high school swimmer desperate for guidance, a mother shattered by family loss, and a wealthy banking heir carrying a very different legacy. Driven by love but hindered by human flaws, each character strives to do what’s right for as long as they can.

Precise, surprising, and thought-provoking, Brawler delves deep into the fault lines between love and fear, compassion and violence, reason and instinct, altruism and survival. It’s a timeless and striking work from one of the best short story writers working today.

“Groff reminds us of the myriad human galaxies around us, spinning off brightly into the dark.”, Melissa Harrison, author of All Among the Barley

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