(Ordered from Amazon.com) I took a course in short stories and this was our text. We read two stories each week and then met over Zoom to discuss them. The collection offered insights into so many different experiences and cultures with many of the stories detailing the lives of immigrants from Iran, Ukraine, China, Mexico, etc. as well as stories set in Nigeria, South Africa, etc. My favorite was probably Taryn Bowe's Camp Emeline about a young girl coming to terms with the death of her severely disabled sister as her family sets up a camp for similarly challenged children. Her family is grieving and she doesn't know how to deal with it. She forms an attachment to the bedraggled handyman. Also liked Manuel Munoz's Compromisos, Joanna Pearson's Grand Mal, and Lauren Groff's Annunciation.
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