The nine stories that shape the collection feature ordinary characters caught in extraordinary, even tragic circumstances. (bookbrowse.com)
They all write, as I do, about people living unglamorous lives in small - town America, and the despair, as well as the quiet heroism, of seemingly ordinary characters. (bookpage.com)
Many of our greatest action movies are about ordinary characters doing extraordinary things, but off - beat casting choices can add a whole other meta - dimension to this idea, showing us actors we'd previously not thought of as action heroes stepping up to play big parts. (rollingstone.com)