In “Leavers’ Events,” a teenage girl awaits exam results and has a sexual encounter with a teacher that she hopes will define her. In “Sunday’s Child,” a middle-ag
A New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceAll the characters in Evgenia Citkowitz’s first collection of short fiction are connected by the quest for identity—some are poised at crossroads, while oth
A year has passed since Catherine and Michael Hall lost their teenage daughter in a car accident, leaving them and their sixteen-year-old son, Rowan, reeling in the aftermath of the tragedy. After Row
