Perishables

In these four stories, Tina Egnoski’s characters struggle with?sibling rivalry, race, grief, and poverty while remaining decidedly?rooted in the Southern landscape, particularly Florida, where the?author grew up. The atmosphere tends to be sultry. The terrain is?as varied as the breezy coast of the Gulf and the stifling heat of a?fruit grove. Smell the stench of a brackish river; feel your pores?tighten in the salty air.