Draw Near to Me

A woman's coma serves as the catalyst for a flawed and broken family to find kinship in surprising places and to heal old wounds by drawing near those who have damaged them the most.

About the author

Michelle Brafman is the author of Swimming with Ghosts, Washing the Dead, and Bertrand Court: Stories. Her essays and short stories have appeared in Slate, LitHub, The Forward, Tablet, and elsewhere. She teaches fiction writing in the Johns Hopkins University MA in Writing Program. A former swim mom and NCAA All-American freestyler, Michelle has never lived more than a mile away from a pool, lake, ocean, or river. Learn more at www.michellebrafman.com.

Product details

• Authors: Brafman Michelle
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.07.2026
• EAN: 9798887981352
• ISBN: 979-8-88798-135-2
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Swimming with Ghosts
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Women, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction: special features, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Narrative theme: Health and illness, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Fiction: literary and general non-genre, FICTION / Family Life / Parenthood & Children, Health, illness or addiction: social aspects