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Atlantic Short Stories

Unnatural

From the Irish bestselling author of Nine Folds Make a Paper Swancomes a short story about modern love, old-fashioned values and a new-born calf.

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While the country gears up for a referendum, a man sits waiting with a ring in his pocket...

He has known his girlfriend since they were children, though they have become quite different adults. He lives in the city, she works on a farm. She's voting YES, he doesn't know what he's doing; what exactly it is he believes.

But he does know that he makes her laugh and that their connection feels natural, most of the time. So surely there's a decent chance she will say YES to him too?


Author:

  • Ruth Gilligan

Series:

  • Volume 2 in Atlantic Short Stories

Format:

  • E-book

Duration:

  • 11 pages

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Fiction
  • Short stories
  • Society and Social Sciences
  • Society
  • Warfare
  • Social science

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