Eleven-year-old Samantha is on a quest for magic. Everyday she and her best friend go digging in their neighbors' backyards, turning up ancient arrowheads and other treasures. They're looking for just the right magic to bring back the spirit of someo...
This intriguing collection of short stories portrays the complexities of love, unrequited and requited, fantasized and realized. The characters, who yearn for connection despite their ambivalence and their varying abilities to achieve it, range in ag...