16-year-old Jace Witherspoon arrives at the doorstep of his estranged brother, Christian, with a re-landscaped face (courtesy of his father’s fist), $3.84, and a secret.

He tries to move on, going for new friends, a new school, and a new job, but all his changes can’t make him forget what he left behind—his mother, who is still trapped with his dad, and his ex-girlfriend who is keeping his secret. At least so far.

Split is about what happens after.  After you’ve said enough, after you’ve run, after you’ve made the split.  How do you begin to live again?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Swati Avasthi completed Split at the University of Minnesota, where she is studying for her MFA and teaching creative writing.  Her short fiction has been nominated for inclusion in Best American New Voices and a Pushcart Prize. 

Prior to writing Split, Avasthi coordinated a domestic violence legal clinic, where she interviewed thousands of women who were seeking orders of protection.

Ms Avasthi lives with her husband and their two children in Minneapolis, MN.

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