A review by wtb_michael
Thunderstruck & Other Stories by Elizabeth McCracken

4.0

These stories are tragically luminous. Or luminously tragic. Either way they're sad and haunting, shot through with moments of humour and pathos, but overwhelmingly, achingly, sad. They're about loss, tragedy, grief and mourning and how events can rip us out of our lives and leave us unable to re-find the tracks we thought we were on. The title story is the standout, but it's a consistently excellent collection.