| Abstract | What makes a stranger a stranger? How long does a stranger remain a stranger? What does it mean to be known? Sloane Delfino is fascinated with strangers, and all of the questions they inspire, but strangers are the only people she has. Growing up with a father in the FBI who taught her to profile along with her ABCs, Sloane can read everyone and anyone with ease. But ever since she lost her dad, no one has ever been able to see her with the depth that she sees the world around her. The story follows nine crucial months in Sloane's coming-of-age - shut off from her past, unsure of her future, yet finally able to thrive in the present. In this novella, titled, This Is the Last Time We're Going to Be Strangers, Sloane's journey attests that we can never truly know the world around us until we examine it from perspectives other than our own, and sparks the question of what it means to be truly known by those with whom we experience this life. |
