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|title=This Close

|author=Jessica Francis Kane

|publisher=Gray Wolf Press

|date=May 2013

|website=http://www.jessicafranciskane.com/

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|summary=A collection of short stories exploring the nature of relationships and how a missed opportunity can change one's whole life course.

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''This Close'' is a sensitively written collection of short stories exploring the fragile nature of the bonds connecting friends, neighbours and family. As the title suggests, most of the stories contain pivotal moments where a missed opportunity, fleeting as it may be, can propel a person along a path culminating in regret or loss. Each story is poignantly written and perceptively observed. As a reader, I was drawn in and became so emotionally involved with the characters that it was often impossible to close the book until I knew how each story ended.