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Watching Oksana and Other Stories features disparate voices, most of them speaking from the late twentieth century. The opening group of stories, What You Do for Love, is linked thematically, all of its protagonists in uniquely intense yet familiarMoreWatching Oksana and Other Stories features disparate voices, most of them speaking from the late twentieth century. The opening group of stories, What You Do for Love, is linked thematically, all of its protagonists in uniquely intense yet familiar parent-child relationships. American Snapshot, 1993 is a stand-alone story in a more experimental vein that takes an oblique look at race. The Laura stories feature the same character at different points in her life, the last describing Lauras dreamlike experience of the death of her mother. In the collections final story, Swimming, the main characters desperate wish for a child leaves her emotionally numbed at the loss of her husband. Watching Oksana: And Other Stories by Emily Meier
