Jessica Keener s extraordinary debut novel, "Night Swim" captivated readers with its eloquence, insight, and humanity. This gripping first novel announces the arrival of a strong, distinct and fully evolved new voice, said Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of "A Visit from the Goon Squad." Sara Gruen, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Water for Elephants" called Keener, An amazing new literary voice.
Now Jessica Keener returns with this collection of nine stories that thematically address variations of love love of self, family, and sexual relationships from loneliness...

Budapest: gorgeous city of secrets, with ties to a shadowy, bloody past. It is to this enigmatic European capital that a young American couple, Annie and Will, move from Boston with their infant son shortly after the fall of the Communist regime. For Annie, it is an effort to escape the ghosts that haunt her past, and Will wants simply to seize the chance to build a new future for his family.