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The Advocate: A Short Story [Kindle Edition]

Matt Debenham (Author)
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Book Description

Publication Date: February 5, 2012
Think you'd do anything for your child? Meet Mimi Acker, a mother who will take on any crusade, whether or not her child actually wants her to. Is Mimi her unusual daughter's best advocate or her heaviest albatross? This new short story from award-winning author Matt Debenham (THE BOOK OF RIGHT AND WRONG) was a finalist in Narrative Magazine's Fall 2011 Story Contest.

Matt Debenham is also the author of THE BOOK OF RIGHT AND WRONG, winner of the 2009 Ohio State University Press Prize for Fiction. His stories have appeared in such publications as Roanoke Review, Painted Bride Quarterly, The Pinch, The Battered Suitcase, and others. THE BOOK OF RIGHT AND WRONG was endorsed by Slate.com, called "a brilliant debut" by Huffington Post Books, and was praised by such writers as Amy Greene, Paul Lisicky, Pam Houston, and Paul F. Tompkins. Matt Debenham blogs about writing (and writing advice) at mattdebenham.com.

KINDLE DETAILS: Please note that this is a SHORT STORY, not a full book. The author would hate for you to feel cheated. DRM has been deactivated, making the story freely sharable between users. AMAZON PRIME members may read this book for FREE during the first 90 days of publication!

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  • File Size: 109 KB
  • Print Length: 25 pages
  • Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
  • Publisher: Debenham Media, Inc. (February 5, 2012)
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B0070RVRGM
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Lending: Enabled
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #212,134 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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If you're craving a single serving of short story magic, savage your couch for the pocket change it costs to pick up this brand new short story by Matt Debenham, author of THE BOOK OF RIGHT AND WRONG. This story doesn't appear in his award-winning collection and is like a perfect B-side to his other collections of characters with their humor, their voice, and their flaws.

THE ADVOCATE isn't one of those bleak tales from the angst-hearted 20-something set, but a completely human and engaging story in the tradition of Amy Bloom, Lorrie Moore, and Dan Chaon. Throw it on the Kindle and take it to a cafe. Spend ten dimes and a part of an afternoon with one of the emerging virtuosos of modern fiction.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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The Advocate is a comforting, honest glimpse into the hysteria of being a parent. Matt Debenham understands that a child is as complex as an adult, and his character Alix has become both. While any parent can relate to Mimi, the matriarch and protagonist, it is watching a cluster of people try to support Alix that makes this such a good short story.

If you enjoy this piece, you'll love Debenham's short story collection The Book of Right and Wrong, or the personal blog he keeps about the writing process.
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Without giving too much away, this is a story about motherhood, and about childhood, and about the awkward moments between. It takes you on a journey through quite a wide variety of difficult and complicated interpersonal issues with humor and alarming clarity of observation. Matt Debenham is a wonderful writer.
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A great introduction to an excellent new writer. Worth the ninety-nine cents ninety-nine times over. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Joshua T. Williams
Great! Funny, warm and inspiring.
Debenham mixes sensitivity with clever humor to create a story which can be interpreted on many levels. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Happy Elizabeth
Fantastic
Debenham does an amazing job of making both an engaging larger arc of a story as well as more temporal asides that make characters feel like real people. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Eric Cunningham
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Mothers have no idea how scary they can be when they assume all of society is against their child. Like the stories in The Book of Right and Wrong, The Advocate presents another... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Tracey
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Matt Debenham develops strong characters in this story who have been running through my mind with the other people I've met today. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Elizabeth N Huggins
this story is magic
Matt Debenham writes about families the way Galileo wrote about the sun. He takes something we look at every day of our lives and he points out truths that are completely... Read more
Published 3 months ago by CBH
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I absolutely loved this short story about a fierce mother, accepting but reticent father, and their transgendered child. Read more
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