Company: Stories (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781644452516)

A richly detailed, brilliantly woven debut collection about the lives and lore of one Black family, named one of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2023

Shannon Sanders's sparkling debut brings us into the company of the Collins family and their acquaintances as they meet, bicker, compete, celebrate, worry, keep and reveal secrets, build lives and careers, and endure. Moving from Atlantic City to New York to DC, from the 1960s to the 2000s, from law students to drag performers to violinists to matriarchs, Company tells a multifaceted, multigenerational saga in thirteen stories.

Each piece includes a moment when a guest arrives at someone's home. In "The Good, Good Men," two brothers reunite to oust a "deadbeat" boyfriend from their mother's house. In "The Everest Society," the brothers' sister anxiously prepares for a home visit from a social worker before adopting a child. In "Birds of Paradise," their aunt, newly promoted to university provost, navigates a minefield of microaggressions at her own welcome party. And in the haunting title story, the provost's sister finds her solitary life disrupted when her late sister's daughter comes calling.

These are stories about intimacy, societal and familial obligations, and the ways inheritances shape our fates. Buoyant, somber, sharp, and affectionate, this collection announces a remarkable new voice in fiction.

Author: Shannon Sanders
ISBN-10: 1644452510
ISBN-13: 9781644452516
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Language: English
Published: 10/03/2023
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.34w x 0.60d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2023
Publishers Weekly 08/28/2023
Booklist 09/01/2023 pg. 38