In this lyrical, erotically charged novel, Melanie Rae Thon tells the story of Iona Moon - and the young men whose discordant destinies are mysteriously entwined with hers. Mocked and feared by her classmates, Iona is only good enough for Jay when they're in the backseat of Willy's Chevy - anywhe...
He imagined her crying softly, explaining how the doctor carved her belly to get him out. Perhaps she showed him the scar Jay had never seen. He wished he knew Muriel’s god and believed in this night of prayer and hope, the eve of All Saints’ Day. He remembered Muriel lighting candles for the dea...
I was twelve that day, and now I’m ninety, but I still see her bare feet, scratched and dusty from being dragged down the road. Those feet dangle among leaves so green they writhe like flames. I stand in the garden. The perfume of gardenias makes me dizzy enough to faint. From where I hang, I see...
And every night he asked me to read the paper, the Rovato Daily News, just the parts about the plane crash. I did, despite the fact that Mother had forbidden it. She didn’t like my going to his room at all. She said, “If we stay away, maybe he’ll take a bath.” That was all she had to say concerni...