NECESSARY DEATHS

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Adroitly told, Geoffrey Clark's collection of stories Necessary Deaths will appeal to anyone who has faced difficult choices regarding the care of animals. Mr. Clark's characters struggle to learn how to let go and confront loss. His stories examine the themes of violation of innocence, and the acceptance of required acts of violence. His

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Geoffrey Clarks Necessary Deaths brings us back to those simple and gristly realities, the secrets of the physical world, the place of our relationship to our animals, of their mysteries, of their meaning to us and their effect upon us. His writing makes real those connections, and their value. Ted Delaney

Death after death is made new and significant in each story through precise and careful storytelling, the voices of the narrators so authentic they make us pay attention. I hope this works for everyone I enjoyed the stories. My best to Geoffrey Clark." Gary Fincke

Author Bio

Geoffrey Clark was born and raised in northern lower Michigan. He is a graduate of the Iowa Writer's Workshop and has published fiction and memoir in Mississippi Review, Ploughshares, Witness, Northeast Corridor, Green Hills Literary Lantern, Flying Horse, and elsewhere. He is author of six books, including Schooling the Spirit (1993), Jackdog Summer (1996), and Rabbit Fever (2000). He retired as professor of creative writing at Roger Williams University in 1999. Clark lives in Warren, Rhode Island.