Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing: Stories

"Lydia Peelle has given us a collection of stories so artfully constructed and deeply imagined they read like classics. It marks the beginning of what will surely be a long and beautiful career." -Ann Patchett

In Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing, Lydia Peelle brings together eight brilliant stories-two of which won Pushcart Prizes and one of which won an O. Henry Prize-that peer straight into the human heart. In startling and original prose, she examines lives derailed by the loss of ...