"We turned on our televisions. Columbia‘s lost, the anchor said. Not lost, we said, it‘s here. Cable on a hay bale, computer in a tree, space suit in a briar patch, toilet by a school. Beside Junior Pierce‘s mail box lay a shoeless foot, missing one big toe. Didn‘t anything burn up?"
If I wasn‘t being dragged against my will to another Christmas party, I‘d surely be finishing this one up tonight. It‘s different but really good so far.
pickThis is a collection of short stories set in a small rural town in east Texas where the debris from the space shuttle Columbia came down. While the Columbia isn‘t the centre of the novel, it is present in the background as the members of this struggling community live their lives. The writing is reminiscent of Alice Monroe and Elizabeth Strout.
What Luck, This Life | 
