Martha's Daughter

Title: Martha's Daughter Author: David Haynes Fiction: 1688616 ISBN: 9781963270273 Publisher: Of the Diaspora Published: 2025 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Section: Fiction | Short Stories (single author) Condition Note: New from the publisher Publisher Description: Martha's Daughter is the brilliant and influential author David Haynes's first short story collection and the first time that Haynes's stories have ever been assembled in one volume. Steeped in everyday gossip and lives, this collection ranges from the magically real life of a city's crumbling superhero to a rundown motel whose long-term guests are lucky to call home. In the titular novella the first hours are chronicled after Cynthia finds out her mother has died. What we learn is that Cynthia is a woman who has been bullied by her mother's overbearing opinions, her disdain for differe