On Tràigh Lar Beach

“Dianne Beeaff has a keen eye for specific settings and an uncanny ability to express the unique concerns of people from a broad spectrum of humanity. On Tràigh Lar Beach deeply satisfies because its vivid descriptions pulled me into the characters’ experiences and kept me wondering until I reached each of her stories’ unexpected, but not illogical, conclusion.”
—Carol Sletten, author of Three Strong Western Women and Story of the American West: Legends of Arizona

Erica Winchat, a young writer overwhelmed by the stress of her first book contract, discovers thirteen curious items tangled in the flotsam on the Scottish beach of Tràigh Lar. Erica tells the intriguing story of the owner of each of these items, uncovering a series of dramatic events—from a Chicago widow’s inspiring visit to Quebec City to a shrimper’s daughter facing Tropical Storm Ruby in North Carolina.

The thirteenth item, a concert laminate badge, inspires Erica’s novella Fan Girls, in which the separate stories of four fans of the Scottish rock band Datha unfold in first person, culminating in their reunion at a concert in Chicago—a show where a shooting takes place.

Author: Dianne Ebertt Beeaff
Publication Date: October 13, 2020

 

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15th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist Short Stories

2022 Independent Press Awards Distinguished Favorite in Short Stories
2021 Top Shelf Awards Honorable Mention in Fiction (Literary)
2021 National Federation of Press Women Communications Contest At-Large First Place Collection of Short Stories Written by Entrant; National Contest Second Place
2021 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Winner in Short Stories
2021 Pinnacle Book Award Winner in Short Stories
2020 Kops-Fetherling Book Award Gold Winner in Popular Fiction
2020 Wishing Shelf Book Awards Finalist in Adult Fiction

 

“Dianne Beeaff has a keen eye for specific settings and an uncanny ability to express the unique concerns of people from a broad spectrum of humanity. On Tràigh Lar Beach deeply satisfies because its vivid descriptions pulled me into the characters’ experiences and kept me wondering until I reached each of her stories’ unexpected, but not illogical, conclusion.”
—Carol Sletten, author of Three Strong Western Women and Story of the American West: Legends of Arizona

On Tràigh Lar Beach is rich in lyrical prose and stunning detail and takes a poignant look at human connectedness, how unremarkable items are mirrors of lives an ocean apart yet link us in the most human way.”
—Susan Haught, award-winning author of A Promise of Fireflies

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