A reclusive bookseller begins to feel the discomfort of love again. Two college roommates have a devastating middle-aged reunion. A proud old man rages powerlessly in his granddaughter's hospital room. And a writer receives a visit from all the men who have tried to suppress her voice. Told in the intimate voices of complex, endearing characters, these "fierce, funny, tender stories" (Boston Globe) show the range of the author of Euphoria and Writers & Lovers.

"In our time of anxiety and isolation, King writes stories to curl up in, by which I mean they afford us something rarely celebrated in literature: comfort."—NYTBR