The bestselling author of STONES FROM THE RIVER with her first major collection of short stories in more than a decade. Lovers and loners, eccentrics and artists, children and parents search for that unique place where faith thrives for each of them: a run-down hotel, the currents of Cabo San Lucas, an animal shelter, the embrace of an ex-convict. Informed and enriched by her bicultural heritage, Hegi's luminous tales unfold in Germany and Mexico, Italy and the USA, as her characters discover that foreign territory can be a continent away or in the same neighbourhood - even the same bed. Celebrating diversity and embracing difference, this collection confirms Ursula Hegi's reputation as an extraordinary storyteller.