With wit, subtlety, and a heartbreaking sensitivity to the human search for redemption, Stuart Evers’s astonishing stories plumb the minds and hearts of people longing to repair the connections they have lost, or never quite had. His unforgettable characters illuminate familial love in all its forms: a single father goes to jail for avenging a hate crime perpetrated against his gay son; a mother returns home to her husband and children after an affair; an aging grandfather mediates between his quarreling son and his granddaughter; a man comes to New York to heal from the tragic death of his child. As emotionally acute as Lorrie Moore’s Birds of America, as unique and elegant as Jonathan Lethem’s 9 Inches, these stories of love, loss, estrangement, and the many names for family announce the arrival of a bold new literary talent.