Strange Weather

Becky Hagenston& 39;s debut collection of short stories, is the 2009 winner of the Spokane Prize for Short Fiction that Antonya Nelson, author of Nothing Right and Some Fun, calls& 34;curious, clever, quick, hilarious, and heartbreaking& 34;; Brock Clark, author of An Arsonist& 39;s Guide to Writers& 39; Homes in New England, says,& 34;Just when you think you& 39;ve got these characters and their messed-up lives pegged, they do something wonderful, or awful, or both, to utterly surprise you, and often themselves. A wonderful book& 34;; and Janet Peery, author of What the Thunder Said, says,& 34;With extraordinary wit and understanding and stunning emotional accuracy, not to mention an uncanny ability to track which way the wind blows, Becky Hagenston trains a weather eye on those most unstable of fronts-human beings in their dealings with each other. Smart work from a smart writer.& 34;