Out of My Body Flowers Will Grow

The plot centers on a cliff in California known as a popular suicide spot. When a man builds a house next to the cliff and starts talking people down from their attempts to kill themselves, the town of Port Costa begins to form. The survivors settle together. In the novel, the reader meets many characters. Some are present throughout the story. Others come and go. This effect helps bring the setting alive, characterizing the town alongside the survivors who reside in it. The characters that...