Winner 2010
Prize for
Innovative Fiction
2011 Next Generation
Indie Book Award Finalist
2011 Eric Hoffer Award
Finalist
2011 Montaigne Medal
Finalist
2011 USA Best Books
Short Fiction Finalist
“Tracy DeBrincat’s audacious stories are all skewed angles and acrobatic language. Her characters, hungry for the authentic, don’t necessarily find it where we’d think to look. The character who says she’s ‘naked as a lark’ pretty much demonstrates DeBrincat’s unpredictable style: candid, original – a lark! – and rich with anti-sentimental feeling”
— Rosellen Brown, Author
“With evocative prose and comic precision, Tracy DeBrincat mines the rich interior worlds of her characters, primarily girls and women. She is a writer with a unique voice and vision, and her stories unfold in surprising ways. Read her collection and take the journey—one filled with twists and turns, empathy, and, ultimately, grace.”
— Mary Otis, Author
“Vivid, sensuous, supremely imaginative—these compelling stories chart the landscapes of the disenfranchised, the idiosyncrasies of families and found families, the love that grows from the shimmer of asphalt on a highway at 3 a.m. In prose that is both surprisingly lush and gritty, DeBrincat leads us into the adventures of her quirky, fascinating characters chock full of hilarity and heartbreak. This is a powerful debut voice.”
— Cathy Colman, Poet
