For anyone who's ever survived a rite of passage or performed a mating dance at Prom . . . The Japanese hold a Mogi ceremony for young women coming of age. Latina teenagers get quinceaneras. And Janice Wills of Melva, NC ... has to compete in the ...
The fourteen stories in Every Human Love redefine our sense of reality. Set seemingly in the quotidian, these tales veer into the unexpected, the uncomfortable, occasionally the eerie, thrusting characters in crisis into still greater ...
Poised on the precipice of mystery and longing, each character in Now You Know It All also hovers on the brink of discovery -- and decision. Set in small-town North Carolina, or featuring eager Southerners venturing afar, these stories capture the cr...
An exquisitely written novel about a murder on a college campus and its aftermath twenty years later.
"Anyone who's ever been obsessed by a crime story will find a facet of themselves in this wise, compelling, and gripping book....