Jigsaw Puzzle [Paperback]

Tom McCullough (Author), Jenn Muri (Author)

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Jenn lives in Seattle, WA, and has a B.A. degree in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University.

Tom lives in Seattle, and lets his writing give voice to a life full of experiences.

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From Tank- Who are they? They who brought us here. They who are we the people, who are deciding our inalienable fates left and truths right. Who are we? The jury of us all, Jack muses. Peerless and covetous, secure behind our gated windows barred we fund the jailing. Bitch about our taxes. Mandatory sentencing construction, by majority vote the court had decided not to consider the 'Get out of jail free' card as grounds for an early dismissal. The defense was out of order. Slated for repair he rambles on in all the bitter confusion of broken promises and broken-skinned bruises. See Jane. Jane wants to play. See Jane's handcuffs. Play Jane play. Jane has a warrant. Outstanding. Play Jane play. See Jane's arms twisted behind her back. Play Jane/Kim/Jack play . . .

Product Details

• Paperback: 238 pages
• Publisher: Peanut Butter Pub (May 31, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 089716864X
• ISBN-13: 978-0897168649
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,682,594 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Jigsaw Puzzle is a wonderful collaboration, September 20, 1999

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Jigsaw Puzzle is a wonderful collaboration of two extremely talented people. Their work in this remarkable effort fits together in a marvelous pattern of puzzle pieces, the finished product showing the compliment of their joint efforts A mixture of poetry and short stories the work in this offering Describes various lives lived outside what we "romanticize" as mainstream America. The story from which the title of the book is taken Jigsaw Puzzle is wonderfully reminiscent of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow WallPaper yet Jigsaw Puzzle digs deeper to the bone. The entire collection serves up for our exploration various and diverse subjects ranging from agoraphobia to schizophrenia, racial histories and perspectives to incest, mental retardation to rape, institutonallism to drug use. It shows us a side of America that we often do not want to see, pretending these things never touch us while having the knowing inside that they indeed to spill and seep into the fringes of our lives.

Being the first publisher to present both Jenn and Tom's works via the Internet I take great pride in seeing this book come to print.