num_pages: 176
description: "[Lisa Teasley] lights up the plunge into the abyss that can result from knowing people far too well."―Greg Tate, Village VoiceLost souls, the disenfranchised, the these are the denizens of Lisa Teasley's stories. There's Magda, the drug-addicted surfer chick, Gita, who juggles sexual relationships, and Boogie, an overweight ten-year-old. Teasley follows her characters deep into the mire. "Baker" emerged from the 1997 rape and murder of a seven-year-old in a Nevada casino. In "Holiday Confessional," a character flees after witnessing a crime to then share the secret with two strangers in a bar. Set in New York, Los Angeles, Paris, and Baja, Lisa Teasley's stories illuminate society's darker side.
language: English
title: Glow in the Dark: Stories
titlecomplete: Glow in the Dark: Stories
ratings_count: 12
publisher: Bloomsbury USA