A collection of thirteen stories includes tales of a young mother driven to an act of desperation at the thought of returning to Africa with her missionary husband, and a woman who provides an account of the events leading up to her own death
Sad and sour mostly, this collection of short stories by Audrey Thomas is a satisfying read. She shows people in a dizzying range of non-glitzy settings getting on with their lives, hoping, regretting, snatching brief but worthwhile happinesses.