She captures a scene or a character with the barest of flourishes, revealing as much with what she doesn't say as with what she does.
Every word counts.
Of the 18 pieces collected here, all but one have been previously published in literary reviews and journals. And all are worth reading. Working mostly with dialogue, the author gives us two fully formed people, two entirely different people the reader can't help but empathize with. Empathy is everywhere in this book. And yet you can't help but find at least a part of yourself in them.