(Ordered from Amazon) Read for a class on short story reading. We would read two stories a week and then discuss them over Zoom. This collection follows a chronological time line, starting with stories on childhood and adolescence, moving to early adulthood and progressing to old age and death. Then the cycle starts over in the middle of the book. I preferred the strange, quirky stories like Morris Collins' "The Home Visit" and Dave Eggers' "The Honor of Your Presence" to sentimental tearjerkers like Brad Felver's "Orphans" and E.K.Ota's "The Paper Artist." The last story Allegra Hyde's sci-fi-ish "Mobilization" was a total surprise because it was so different for all the rest.
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