These collected stories are "gems" from over the course of the award-winning author's career, spanning from "Chrissy on Earth" about a teenage alcoholic to "What Comes to Hand Must Be Faced," about sudden loss and life's end.

"Alice Boatwright's crystal-clear prose goes straight for the heart." - Richard Moseley, Fiction Editor, Amarillo Bay

"Lovely and poignant, these stories are gems." -Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum, author of Elita and Outer Stars

"Alice Boatwright's narratives float down the page with an easy cadence, not a word out of place. The men and women in these stories have hard lives, and they have their regrets, but they have not given up." - Molly Giles, author of Creek Walk, Life Span, and The Home for Unwed Husbands