"These stories of love, longing, and grief will make you wiser."

-Bonnie Jo Campbell, author of The Waters and American Salvage, National Book Award finalist

"These slices of life eat like slices of a crisp, tasty apple, sometimes sweet and sometimes tart, always flavorful, appealing, and sharply written."

-Caitlin Horrocks, author of The Vexations

"As subtle as they are piercing, these stories will tear you open and then stitch you back up. "

-Nathan Gower, author of The Act of Disappearing

"Across these stories, Alles does what only the keenest writers can: she shows her readers their fullest selves."

-RS Deeren, author of Enough to Lose

"Fortunately for us, Alles tends to love's all-too-familiar wounds with compassion and understanding"

-Phillip Sterling, author of In Which Brief Stories Are Told