Stories in This Collection

How She Knows What She Knows About Yo-Yos—A bittersweet encounter with an itinerant yo-yo salesman teaches an orphaned young woman some hard lessons—but also gives her just the push she needed.

Banana Boats—While seeing her husband through a medical crisis, an old woman ponders a marriage built on deception and the choices that have kept them bound together.

Todo el Mundo—A lonely teacher living on a tropical island discovers that all her neighbors are conspiring to push her into the arms of a handsome—and married—stranger.

Advanced Beginners—Ballet lessons and a broken-down farm, bought on impulse, help a woman find purpose and discover her strengths.

The World’s Room—A couple move to a fishing village on England’s south coast, intending to stay for a year, but soon find the dream of an idyllic rural life dissolving along with their relationship.