In This Light: New and Selected Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781555975852)

A vibrant selection of stories from the author of Sweet Hearts and First, Body

This selection of Melanie Rae Thon's stories showcases her breathtaking ability to become each one of her characters, to move inside the bodies and minds of the dispossessed. One woman speaks for them all: "I'm your worst fear. But not the worst thing that can happen."

In This Light shimmers with grace as a drunk young woman hits a Native American man on a desolate Montana road, a grieving slave murders the white child she nurses and loves, and two throwaway kids dance in the twinkling lights of a Christmas tree in a stranger's house. Thon's searing prose reveals that the radiant heat inside us all is the hope and hunger for love.

Author: Melanie Rae Thon
ISBN-10: 1555975852
ISBN-13: 9781555975852
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Language: English
Published: 05/24/2011
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.58w x 0.81d
Award: Utah Book Award - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 05/15/2011 pg. 83
Publishers Weekly 03/07/2011
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2011
Booklist 05/15/2011 pg. 16
Kirkus Best Books 11/15/2011 pg. 2067
Foreword 04/29/2011