From the American Book Award-winning author of Ancestors and Time Will Darken comes a masterful collection of stories, spanning more than 50 years--a tour of a world that engages readers entirely, and whose characters command the deepest loyalty and tenderness.

In this collection of short fiction, written over a period of 53 years, Maxwell's particular territory is the heart. His style is deceptively simple yet it has, at all times, the power to reach the reader's deepest feelings.