The True Shape of Raindrops

Fiction & Poetry
Written By Amanda Barusch

  • Title – The True Shape of Raindrops

  • Author – Amanda Barusch

  • Genre – General Fiction

  • Type – Short Story

  • Publication Date – September 2014

  • Publisher – Mulberry Fork Review (International)

  • Medium – PDF

  • Available at – amandabarusch.com

  • Link – XXX

  • Synopsis – An autobiographically-inspired piece about a family (and their ghost) who go on a raft trip in the wilds of Alaska.

  • Endorsements:

    • “The True Shape of Raindrops is a poignant and moving story of friendship and sorrow, beautifully told. Amanda Barusch’s graceful writing explores the aftermath of loss and the bonds of friendship that unite us.” 

      —Cynthia Lim, Author of Wherever you are: A memoir of love, marriage, and brain injury.

    • “Rafting through remote Alaska with the ghost of your best friend - Barusch takes us deep into troubled waters. Read this when you have wanderlust. Read it when you’re thinking about leaving your husband.”

      —Kit Hodge, author of Fairy Tales With Killer Shoes

    • “Barusch’s finely etched characters confront the fragility of life and the persistence of grief as they raft through the Alaska wilderness. This story gives us a vivid glimpse into loss, adventure, love and hope.”

      —Erica Baum, Independent Scholar

Book cover for "The True Shape of Raindrops," a short story by Amanda Barusch, featuring a cloudy, mountainous landscape with rocks and water in the foreground.
Amanda Barusch

Amanda Barusch has worked as a janitor, exotic dancer, editor, and college professor. She lives in the American West, where she spends as much time as possible on dirt paths. She has an abiding disdain for boundaries and adores ambiguity. Amanda has published eight books of non-fiction, a few poems, and a growing number of short stories. Aging Angry is her first work of creative non-fiction. She uses magical realism to explore deep truths of the human experience in this rapidly changing world.

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