The award-winning debut story collection by the New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Fog.
"The stories in Michelle Richmond's debut collection spin artfully off the life of a single character...smart and adept." The New York Times
"A winning debut." Publishers Weekly
A series of locations both familiar and exotic make up the nineteen linked stories in this award-winning debut collection by the New York Times bestselling author of The Year of Fog. Whether leaving, returning, or staying put, the women who narrate these stories are bound to Alabama by history and habit, their voices informed by the landscape and lore of the deep South.