

Currents of anxiety & determination run through this story collection, with shared characters slipping into each others‘ stories: migrant workers facing deportation, teen mothers, worried sisters, ghosts. Just enough unsaid to bring stories crackling to life. Vulnerability. Hesitation. Survival. Opportunities lost & found. Central Valley CA. Precise, quiet lyricism. “Farmers don‘t pay on Fridays.” P172 “Trust is a test, don‘t you think?” 2022
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