Moon Trees and Other Orphans

The women in Leigh Camacho Rourks' stories carry guns and they know how to use them. This is the best kind of fiction, well-honed, lean and flinty with deep pockets of compassion and vulnerability and hope, every sentence a made thing. If you love Lucia Berlin and Dorothy Allison, (or even if you don' t) these women will get under your skin and stay there. Moon Trees is a truly stunning literary debut. - Pam Houston