My Mother's Boyfriends

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A daughter witnesses her mother grow angels' wings. A mistress begins writing letters to her lover's wife. Thanks to a genealogy test a middle-aged woman meets a sister she's never known and they're very...different.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The 14 insightful witty and often laugh-out-loud stories in </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>My Mother's Boyfriends</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> are populated by angels earthquakes sibling complexity love affairs gone bad and children left to figure it out on their own. Woven throughout is an abiding sympathy for the mess-ups bad choices and missteps humans make despite their best intentions.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Witty and utterly enchanting. -Vendela Vida author of </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>We Run the Tides</em></p><p><br></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(38 40 42 1)>My Mother's Boyfriends </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(38 40 42 1)>will both break your heart and make you smile. A dazzling set of short stories that touch on the most human of experiences; growing up raising children watching ailing parents and aging. Each story is a gem full of warmth insight and a touch of humor. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(38 40 42 1)>-Courtney Flynn Trident Booksellers and Cafe</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>In </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>My Mother's Boyfriends</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> Samantha Schoech writes with precision grace and considerable wit on subjects ranging from the magical to the mundane. Packed with sharply observed characters and surprising sentences that masterfully turn a story inside out this collection is as unsettling as The Big One but so much more fun. These are voices you'll hear in your head long after you've closed the book. A terrific read with a big San Francisco heart. -Michelle Richmond bestselling author of </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>The Marriage Pact</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> and </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>The Wonder Test</em></p><p><br></p>