So deft, so understated, and so compelling . . . Fans of Mary Gaitskill, Amy Bloom, and Miranda July will feel like they’ve found gold in a river when they discover Robin Black.” —O: The Oprah Magazine, Summer Reading Choice
“Each story reads like a mini-novel. . . . Worlds are contained in a single page. And the writing . . . oh, the writing.”— Meredith Maran, San Francisco Chronicle, A Best Book of 2010
“Characters so fully imagined you’ll feel they’re in the room.”—People
“Powerful and touching . . . sparkling with poetic vision.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
“Original and surprising. . . Black delivers real emotion, the kind that gives you pause, and makes you wonder about, as you begin again to dive back into the pool of family life, just how much pain may be waiting for you.”— Alan Cheuse, Chicago Tribune
“Exquisitely distilled tales of loss and reckoning.”—Vogue
***Starred Reviews from Booklist, Library Journal, and Kirkus***
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