Review by ELISSA ELLIOTT
With this new story collection (although I would argue it happened years ago), Ron Rash firmly establishes himself as a writer who excels at portraying anything Appalachian. He weaves the most honest, searing, heartbreaking doozies of stories, but as he pulls you into his characters’ circumstances, he doesn’t judge, nor does he mock. He holds them close to his heart as he writes, wishing better for them but accepting that he can’t bless them with a fairy tale ending when there isn’t one to be had.