'Old Crimes and Other Stories': Jill McCorkle probes the misdeeds and secrets that haunt us
There are big crimes: the kind that could land you in prison if you were found out. And there are small ones. Something we shout in a moment of rage. They can even be something we never said or never did.
Author Jill McCorkle has published a collection of short stories about the secrets and small misdeeds that can stay with us forever.
She speaks with host Lisa Mullins.
Book excerpt: ‘Old Crimes and Other Stories’
By Jill McCorkle
★ The Lineman
I am a lineman for the county.
It’s true and there was a time when Pam laughed when I said that but now she just smirks and turns away; now she monitors the time I spend with Amanda and counts the days until the divorce comes through. Whenever I pick Amanda up for dinner, a wave of teenage cologne and strange hair colors, there’s yet another pasteboard
