Here characters grapple with feeling trapped. The title story juxtaposes the lives of two sisters: one a frustrated housewife and the other a relief worker in Honduras. In 'Joe Blow' two homeless men face the gentrification of their neighbourhood. The story 'Fixed', inspired by the Patti Smith song Don't Say Nothing,' relates a woman's attempt to fit into a party while enduring the grief of losing her boyfriend to an overdose. These are just three in a collection as poignant as it is disturbing, written by the winner of the Dzanc Books Short Story Collection Prize.'

Author Biography

Jen Grow is the fiction editor of "Little Patuxent Review." Her writings have appeared in "The Writer s Chronicle, Other Voices, The Sun Magazine, Indiana Review" and many others including the anthology "City Sages: Baltimore." She s received two Individual Artist Award from Maryland State Arts. She lives in Baltimore, MD."