Literary Fiction / Short Story Collection
Date Published: 09-16-2025
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
In this collection of linked stories, we follow Mary as she seeks to cope with and withstand hardship and confront her fears of exploitation, abuse, and death. Along the way, she delves into the complex yet nurturing relationships with her family and friends who teach her to love better, live fuller, and question power. The Patron Saint of Lost Girls presents an unflinching tale of life in the late twentieth-century postindustrial Midwest.
“AUGUST, WHEN the cicadas burned and the lawnmowers sounded like
industrial bees, we couldn’t stop. In the bedroom, on the couch, on the
floor. Afterward we would lie there, reading the paper or letting the
television taunt us like a car salesman. Paul would wiggle his toes against
mine, and we’d look at one another for a long time. His face was like a
catcher’s mitt, warm and beaten. He reminded me of one of those boys who
had moved away when I was little, but Paul had returned a man.”
-“This is Art”
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