“If you haven’t read D’Ambrosio before this is a good place to start. These essays, many of which appeared in the Stranger, are intense. His writing is immediate; full of a love of language, probing and wide-ranging. He writes of suicide; the puzzling aspects of experience; family and its fragility. D’Ambrosio is a rare talent and this book is a treasure. Did I say his short stories are also incredible?”
—Michael Coy, Manager, Ravenna Third Place Books, Seattle
Get over to Ravenna Third Place, loiter a bit, maybe hit the pub downstairs—but, do not leave before picking up a copy of D’Ambrosio’s amazing collection!
The settings, connections, lessons—and the vocabulary! D’Ambrosio is greatly pained, but even more so, wise and brilliant. My favorite NF collection of the year.