Overview

A doctor attends a weekend medical convention in St. Louis; a new mother shops at a Minneapolis suburban Target with her newborn and indulges in a secret habit; two rural southern Iowa brothers hunt a rare mountain lion; a teenage girl attends the ten-year anniversary of her dramatic rescue from a deep pipe on her uncle's farm in rural Missouri; a young woman comes across shocking information while working in a Des Moines hospital records department. Midwesterners reveal secrets at pivotal moments in their lives in Release of Information, award-winning writer Kali White VanBaale's radiantly gripping story collection. Exploring marital roles, complex family legacies, abuse, and generational trauma, the interconnected characters and stories move through time and space, as VanBaale catches ordinary people in extraordinary moments of revelation.

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Reviews

""Kali White VanBaale is Iowa's Edith Wharton."" -Robin Oliveira, author of A Wild and Heavenly Place ""VanBaale catapults readers with fierce, unflinching honesty."" -Jenny Milchman, author of Wicked River ""VanBaale writes beautifully . . . a fascinating network of lives."" -Amy Lee Lillard, author of Exile in Guyville ""There's a lurking menace in Release of Information . . . a richly rendered, expertly compiled collection."" -Keith Pilapil Lesmeister, author of We Could've Been Happy Here ""Compelling, devastating, yet often bleakly funny."" -Sean Adams, author of The Thing in the Snow

Author Information

Kali White VanBaale is the author of three novels, including The Monsters We Make (2020), an All Iowa Reads finalist, as well as short stories, essays, and articles. She's the recipient of an American Book Award, an Eric Hoffer Book Award, two State of Iowa major artist grants, and an Iowa Author Award. She lives in Iowa with her family.

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