The Whack-Job Girls
Bonnie ZoBell is my favorite sort of whack-job girl - a writer with a sharp eye, a sharper tongue, and a reckless heart. Read this book. Then read it again. --Steve Almond, author of God Bless AmericaBonnie ZoBell's stories are full of women and men whose lives have been bifurcated by their secrets and their fantasies. They offer the reader the special pleasure of double-vision: Your left eye sees what seems to be, and your right eye sees what is. In between, there is the heartbreak. You'll be in thrall to the heartbreak. --Kyle Minor, author of In the Devil's Territory and Praying DrunkFilled with sad songs and scarred lovers, restless yearners and fired-up women, dogs and cats and watchful, demonic monkeys, this collection by Bonnie ZoBell crackles with its own internal energy and verve. The stories are charged and funny, sometimes dark, and always deeply human. ZoBell's writerly touch is light, compassionate, and wise. The Whack-Job Girls & Other Stories is a beautiful collection. --Kathy Fish, author of Together We Can Bury It and Wild Life