San Andreas: Short Fiction on Shaky Ground

In the fictional Northern California city of San Andreas de Pacifico, the ground is unstable. In these twelve unexpected love stories, so are many of the people. A woman hears the elephants speak, but only before earthquakes. A long-married couple scales a cemetery wall to regain their passion. A young mother dreams of planting a poison garden. An old man, losing himself to dementia, finds an abandoned baby. Strangers meet on an overnight bus and alter each other's lives. A struggling writer gains freedom in her effort to rescue a beached whale. SAN ANDREAS evokes the beauties and vulnerabilities of the human condition and explores life's shaky ground--physical, emotional, and psychological. Award-winning author Ericka Lutz (The Edge of Maybe) brings her distinctive, unflinching, lyrical voice to these unforgettable characters who yearn for connection-with each other and the natural world.