by Stacy Barton

The wonder of Stacy Barton's fiction is the emotional connection of her characters. . . . Authentic all the way.'--Philip F. Deaver, author of Silent Retreats, winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction 'Stacy Barton's brilliant collection will haunt you. It's courageous, honest and smart.'--John Dufresne, author of Louisiana Power and Light, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year Full of humor and pathos, as southern stories love to be, the fifteen short-shorts in this debut collection will haunt you like a memory. From simple family dysfunction to tragic twists of fate, the characters in Surviving Nashville suffer their losses with surprising grace. Stacy Barton is a storyteller with an ear for dialect, an eye for detail and a heart for her character--even the mean ones.