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.