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The first story was the best (I just loved it), but it set me on a path of expectation that the rest of the book didn't meet. Even so, once I got over that, I really enjoyed the book (except for two of the stories), this writer, and what I would call the "negative space" in the stories. She gives the reader a lot of room to move around in, a nice contrast to the other short story writer was reading at the same time: Antonya Nelson. She's less of a control freak maybe, gentler in her approach, less concerned with how you read her... though in the end, she fairly brings you to your knees.