Love, in its many forms and complexities, weaves through
this collection by Amy Bloom, the New York Times bestselling
author of Away. Bloom's astonishing and astute new work of
interconnected stories illuminates the mysteries of passion,
family, and friendship.Propelled by Bloom's dazzling prose,
unmistakable voice, and generous wit, Where the God of Love
Hangs Out takes us to the margins and the centers of real
people's lives, exploring the changes that love and loss
create. A young woman is haunted by her roommate's murder; a
man and his daughter-in-law confess their sins in the
unlikeliest of places. In one quartet of interlocking
stories, two middle-aged friends, married to others, find
themselves surprisingly drawn to each other, risking all
while never underestimating the cost. In another linked set
of stories, we follow mother and son for thirty years as
their small and uncertain family becomes an irresistible
tribe. Insightful, sensuous, and heartbreaking, these
stories of passion and disappointment, life and death,
capture deep human truths. As The New Yorker has said, "Amy
Bloom gets more meaning into individual sentences than most
authors manage in whole books."
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