Bill is fifty; his three sisters, wife and married children are driving an hour to Missouri to a restaurant to celebrate. As they drive across the bridges crossing the Mississippi Rivers, they talk of what to do with the old family farm, and Bill wonders if he's inherited the dark moods of his father. Is it too late to return to the land, to get more out of his life? About the Author She has written four other collections of stories and the novels "Feather Crowns" and "An Atomic Romance." Her most recent novel is "The Girl in the Blue Beret," about World War II and the way it is remembered. She is a member of PEN, the Authors Guild, and the Fellowship of Southern Writers.
Bobbie Ann Mason has won the PEN/Hemingway Award and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the American Book Award, and the PEN/Faulkner Award. Her books include In Country and Feather Crowns. She lives in Kentucky.