Through the Safety Net Book Cover

Through the Safety Net


A Literary Fiction Short Story Collection

Buy from Amazon

Publisher Description

Baxter dives into the undercurrents of middle-class American life in these eleven arresting, often mesmerizing stories.

Whether they know it or not, Baxter's characters are floating above an abyss of unruly desire, inexplicable dread, unforeseen tragedy, and sudden moments of grace.

A drunken graduate student hurtles cheerfully through a snowstorm to rescue a fiancee who no longer wants him.

A hospital maintenance worker makes a perverse bid for his place in the sunlight of celebrity.

A man and a woman who have lost their only child cling fiercely to the one thing they have left of her--their grief.

Lit by the quiet lightning of Baxter's prose, Through the Safety Net is filled with rare artistry and feeling.

More Charles Baxter

Follow This Author

Sign up & we'll email you when a new title is available for pre-order or hits the bookshelf

Little Stacks of Modern & Literary Fiction

Get Free & Discounted eBooks

Curated reads, irresistible prices—subscribe now

Add this book to your To Be Read list

Sign up to build your personal library

Archive This Book

Sign up to build your personal library