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Fragile [Paperback]

Chris Katsaropoulos (Author)
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October 15, 2009
Amelia Geist, Holly Schenck and Tris Holloway are all broken-in one way or another. In a lifelong act of penitence and defiance, Amelia Geist has remained a virgin and saved herself for Tris, her first love, who abandoned her more than 50 years ago. A few weeks from retirement, Tris Holloway has led a separate life of his own in the hills above Silicon Valley, sealed by inertia within the confines of a loveless marriage and shattered by his decision to leave Amelia. The only person who can repair the rift between Tris and Amelia is Holly, a single mother without means, who is trying somehow to mend her life while laid out in a hospital bed, a victim of her own suicide attempt.The stories of Tris, Holly, and Amelia are presented in Fragile as broken fragments, woven together by profound truth and an astonishing connection that transcends the boundaries between this world and the next.

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For 50 years, Amanda Geist has held a torch for her childhood love Tris Holloway, saving herself and expecting the same from him. Holloway, meanwhile, is stuck in a loveless marriage, having always felt that his life was never fully realized. When Geist walks into the hair salon of single mom Holly Schenck to get a trim before her high school reunion (where she hopes to see Holloway), she sets off a chain of events that bounds all three together. In a failed bid for profundity, debut novelist Katsaropoulos employs a fragmented, head-jerking storytelling style with a fractured point-of-view meant to imitate a film's sense of simultaneous action. Unfortunately, the effect never quite gels; cramped for space and trapped by their own passivity, his characters come across as shallow and unsympathetic. Most frustratingly, Katsaropoulos falls back on easy shock-value plot twists to compensate for a lack of compelling drama.
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Katsaropoulos does a wonderful job of developing the characters and intertwining their stories. The tale he creates is intriguing and attention-grabbing. Unlike anything you have read before...! --Kam Aures, Rebeccareads.com

Fragile is a beautifully-written novel...the writing is uniquely refreshing. After reading Fragile, I found myself feeling very contemplative. Readers will enjoy Fragile and will find meaning in it that applies to their own lives...Highly recommended. --Paige Lovitt, Reader Views

Product Details

  • Paperback: 212 pages
  • Publisher: Luminis Books (October 15, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 193546227X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1935462279
  • Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,929,183 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Chris Katsaropoulos is the author of more than a dozen titles, including two novels, Fragile and Antiphony, from Luminis Books. He has traveled extensively in Europe and North America and enjoys collecting music and books. Visit http://antiphonyck.blogspot.com to read more, including a collection of his recent poems.

 

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Fragile characters, strong writing, October 8, 2009
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Fragile is the debut novel of Chris Katsaropoulos, a keen observer of human nature whose prose is innovative, poetic, and at times truly transcendent. While juggling three different perspectives, he keeps us very much in the moment and yet the past is always present (and deeply felt) for his characters.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Debut novel shows great promise, April 30, 2010
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Fragile by Chris Katsaropoulos is an experiential novel about what pulls us together and apart. Amelia Geist saved herself for her childhood love, Tris Holloway, even though he has long abandoned her. Holly Schenk is just trying to make ends meet to take care of her two daughters alone, but she can't seem to want the right man. Tris, Amelia's love, is ready to retire, but his wife has tired of him and is cleaning out all remnants of their life together while he tries to find purpose in the last days of his job. Three very different people who are all struggling to feel love and be loved are all portrayed as fragile and vulnerable by Katsaropoulos. The narration jumps from one character to the next without notice right in the middle of a sentence which takes a little getting used to, but when the story picks up with the meeting of Amelia and Holly, it becomes natural, giving the novel a very organic and authentic voice. Amelia realizes that when she turned her back on love after losing Tris, she wasted much of her life. Holly is constantly seeking men who will only abuse and leave her while ignoring the good man right in front of her. Tris settled for his wife when all he really wanted was Amelia and is now paying for it in a bitter marriage. The stories are sad, but Katsaropoulos does a wonderful job of keeping the thread of hope alive in each of them, as though a happy ending is just around the corner. It's a small story with a large impact.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A fine piece of fiction to add to any collection, April 10, 2010
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When your own life is shattered, sometimes the pieces needed to repair them lie in the broken lives of others. "Fragile" tells the story of three individuals who face their life long celibacy, their loveless marriages, and their own self loathing. An elderly virgin still yearns for her lost lover, the lost lover faces the passionless life he chose, and a mother bottomed out of her luck wondering what drove her to try to end her own life. Poignant and thought provoking, "Fragile" is a fine piece of fiction to add to any collection.
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