Welding with Children: Stories

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. In eleven raucous touching stories Tim Gautreauxs Welding with Children traces the course of sin and redemption through the lives of small-town women and men in Louisiana. His unforgettable characters include a grandfather who discovers while taking care of his grandchildren that they are growing up without any sense at all of right and wrong; a camera repairman who discovers a womans secret in her undeveloped film; and a one-armed hitchhiker who changes the life of the man who picks her up. Each one a small miracle of storytelling and compassion Tim Gautreauxs stories are a pleasure from start to finish. You want to hand [this book] to your friends and say read this (The Plain Dealer).