Prepare Her: Stories

In this elegant collection of stories, a young woman tries to seduce the owner of an antique store and finds herself bewildered by the power-and impotence-of her own sexuality. A newly wedded bride plays a dangerous game of honesty with her groom. A mother takes her son to a rodeo and realizes that her husband is mentally ill. Set in rural Vermont-a land of scenic coffee shops and restaurants where locals survive off wealthy visitors-Prepare Her examines how women struggle to assert themsel...