__A BARACK OBAMA BOOK OF THE YEAR____2018 National Book Awards Finalist__In these vigorous stories, Lauren Groff brings her electric storytelling to a world in which storms, snakes and sinkholes lurk at the edge of everyday life, but the greater threats are of a human, emotional and psychological nature. Among those navigating it all are a resourceful pair of abandoned sisters, a lonely boy, grown up, a restless, childless couple, a searching, homeless woman, and an unforgettable conflicted wif ...