As We Are - Tapa blanda

In the short story collection, As We Are you meet a diverse group of compelling characters as they negotiate the trials of love and loss during intimate moments of crisis and revelation. You will encounter a murderous whale and the woman who grows to trust him, a deaf trumpet player and a reverse Cinderella story. We meet Oscar while Rose, the love of his life, lies dying in hospital. Their son Max is searching the streets of New York City looking for his estranged adopted sister Maria, will Max find Maria in time? And can Oscar keep his sanity and the secret he promised Rose he would take to the grave? Through a magnetic narrative that is both sensual and spiritual the reader is drawn into contemplations of their own life and loves and will be left wanting more.

stephanie roberts is also the author of The Melting Potential of Fire a collection of poetry set in the landscape of travel through Italy. She grew up in Brooklyn, New York, but now writes and tends garden in a sleepy little community outside of Montreal Quebec, that you've probably never heard of.