The Summer We Ate Off the China

"An immaculate conception triggers an armed response. A mother chases away her son's imaginary friend, only to lament her absence. A new hire, visited by his company's wellness consultant, feels his sanity unraveling. A Norwich terrier recounts three generations of family trauma, unaware that he is on the way to be put down. The thirteen stories of this follow-up to Breath Like the Wind at Dawn, "Jacobsen's astonishing debut" (Alastair Mabbott, The Herald), unfold across an array of setting...