Publisher's Synopsis
- CHARACTERS. Ada Zhang is a perceptive observer of the subtleties of human nature, and and the people in these stories-from a college student in New York City to a retired bank teller in Xi'an, a mother and her teenage daughter in the Texas suburbs, and a scientist and his new wife as they arrive in America-will stay with you.
- PLACEMENT. Of the ten stories, "The Sorrows of Others" appeared in McSweeney's, and stories have also appeared in The Rumpus, Alaska Quarterly Review, Catapult, and American Short Fiction.
- A DAZZLING DEBUT. Ada Zhang is the latest debut author from a publisher that has introduced such writers as Jamel Brinkley, Jamil Jan Kochai, Leslie Jamison, and Jesmyn Ward
