Michelle Latiolais: 3 books

“Every passionate reader lives for that first page of a book that alerts her, straightaway, she’ll be sorry when the book ends. So it is with Michelle Latiolais’ astonishing, sparklingly intelligent new novel...The work strives, with bold zest, to arrive at the marrow of things...Latiolais triumphs,...

Extremely moving fiction that leaves a stamp on the mind and heart. A stand-out collection by a writer's writer. These stories are collected here for the first time. Many of them have previously appeared in magazines such as The Northwest Review, The Iowa Review, Zyzzyva, The Antioch...

“Latiolais is as close to Alice Munro as a writer can get, but with a more modern edge.”—Los Angeles Times A nameless fifteen-year-old runs away to Los Angeles, seeking life beyond the harsh constraints of her evangelical upbringing. She is the narrative of her passage, from her escape...