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A gripping psychological drama of delusional love, obsessive desire, and broken ties, Woman Refusing to Leave moves through thirty-six stormy hours for Catherine Harper and her two former husbands. Feeling the build-up of years of loss, including the death of her son, the divorce from her first husband, and the loss of her college teaching job, Catherine now faces yet another loss as her current husband, Steven, abandons her. As an unexpected spring blizzard builds in force and intensity, Catherine begins to believe that only if she stops her impending divorce from Steven can she save them from certain catastrophe. As she battles the force of the storm within her, she unwittingly puts all three on a course to collide tragically with one another.
About the author
Raised in New England, with degrees in literature and writing from the University of New Hampshire and the University of Iowa Writer's Workshop, Richard Duggin spent 55 years teaching fiction writing at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where he founded a four-year Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program in creative writing, and a two-year low residency Master of Fine Arts in Writing program. He is still teaching and writing. His published books include the novel, The Music Box Treaty; a short story collection, Why Won't You Talk to Me; and this novel, Woman Refusing to Leave. A new novel recently completed, The Snipe Hunters: Boys in Exile, is yet due to be published. Other stories of his have appeared in periodicals such as Playboy, American Literary Journal, Beloit Fiction Journal, Laurel Review, Kansas Quarterly, The Sun, and elsewhere.
