“The I’s Have It”
by Mark Goodman
This book is a collection of twelve short stories, all told from the first-person perspective (hence, “The I’s Have It”). The dozen narrators vary widely from a juvenile delinquent to a retired dentist to a Syrian immigrant to an incarcerated white-collar criminal and many more.
Each tells his or her personal story with straightforward honesty to the reader, recalling each individual narrative history. Although the stories vary tremendously, there is almost always a common element of serendipity and chance crucial to each story, often with some interesting twists and turns in the telling, and some with surprise endings.
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Mark Goodman
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Mark Goodman was born and raised in the old whaling town of New Bedford, Massachusetts. He attended U-Mass in Amherst, and Medical School at the University of Louisville. He completed Orthopedic Surgery training in Cleveland, and a Hand Surgery fellowship in Hartford. He practiced Orthopedic Hand Surgery in upstate NY for over 30 years before retiring to Taos, NM in 2013 with his wife of 45 years, Irene.
He has a son, an organic farmer, who lives in the Catskills with his family, and a brother, a Blind Rehab teacher, in Albany. Other than writing, the author is an aficionado of Antarctica and enjoys film. He also plays competitive tournament-level Scrabble.
