Girls in the Grass

“A bold variety of stories about characters ranging in age from ten to ninety. These tales push swiftly to the heart of pain, need, and understanding.” —Chicago Tribune A failed seduction . . . the dangerous, nearly fatal bonds of sisterhood . . . madness and murder in pre–Civil War Georgia. From the inner-city streets of Detroit to the heart of Idaho, in prose that can shimmer like stardust or cut like a scalpel, these passionate and sometimes-terrifying stories expose lives shadowed by guilt, love, random cruelties, and tender mercies.