Talking In The Dark: Stories Format:Trade Paperback " -- New York Times

" -- New York Times Book Review

An illustration that courage and strength can be found in unexpected places and in unexpected people

’s survival depends on keeping one step ahead of players in a game she never intended to play

There’s no sign of the party that was promised

Lone Star will linger long in the memory once the final page is turned

Talking In The Dark: Stories Format:Trade Paperback " -- New York TimesBeautifully crafted and movingly told, the stories in Talking in the Dark read like small exquisite novels. From betrayal to sacrifice, obsession to abandonment, each tale speaks the truth of the underside of love, evoking images of lowered voices and shared confessions. A single mother, haunted by loneliness and self doubt, sleeps with her daughter's teenage boyfriend, and, in a scene of frightening family tension, turns her rage not toward the