A review by seahorsesister
The Girl of the Lake: Stories by Bill Roorbach

4.0

Original-- both in the telling and in the content. Each one a surprise wrapped in unvarnished characters revealing their worst while remaining if not likable, oddly relatable and totally foreign. The unifying thread in these short stories is the slice of life slow that eases the reader into a sense of the ordinary before the lightning speed of the characters trajectory takes over, often leaving both characters and readers awash in an ugly truth.