National Network for Equitable Library Service

Amanda Eyre Ward delivers a debut short story collection imbued with humor, clear-eyed insight, and emotional richness. Here a small-town librarian considers the possibility of a new future. A recent New York widow braves the dating scene. And--in six linked stories spanning a decade of her life--Lola Wilkerson navigates lingering questions about who she wants to be when she grows up, elopement, and motherhood.