places like these by lauren carter

Book*hug, 2023

This collection is worth reading for "Tenderloin" alone, a heartbreaker of a story about a mother's determination and quiet distress as she searches for her daughter on the streets of San Francisco. Whether the stories follow a widow travelling to Lily Dale, NY in hopes of connecting with her husband, or track the lives of a group of girls from their teen years into their often-disappointing adulthoods, these stories are beautiful, but with a shadow side. Filled with sharp, clear details, Places Like These sketches scenes that will remain with the reader long after the book is over.

—Anne Baldo, Windsor