These characters know there are whole worlds out there that have never been seen, some as distant as the Amazon rain forest, others as close as a neighbor' s house, the curtains left open. Laura van den Berg helps us discover these worlds, blending the mundane and routine with the strange and unexpected. The search won' t always end with the stories- these restless narrators will always be left with mysteries unsolved, questions unanswered and hidden aches not quite healed- but what they see along the way will be nothing short of marvelous.