Things We Do When No One Is Watching

One Gerard character says that “childhood is a dangerous country,

and not all of us make it out alive”—a powerful theme that runs

through these beautifully crafted, moving stories. Those who do

make it out alive are left trying to make sense of the memories,

those defining times when one stands at the cusp of childhood

comfort and the reality of violence and death and sheer bad

luck. Likewise there are moments when wishes come true and

one glimpses something pure and good. These characters move

thr...