Mendocino and Other Stories

With humor, wisdom and tenderness, Ann Packer offers ten short stories about women and men who discover that life's greatest surprises may be found in that which is most familiar.

“Graceful and effortless, yet as controlled and purposeful as a nest-building bird.” —San Francisco Chronicle

In the title story, on the anniversary of their father's suicide a young woman discovers that her brother may have found a "reason for living" in the love of a good woman. In "Nerves," a young man realizes t...