All Most

From the author of National Book Award-nominated JOURNAL OF EVA MORELLI, this insightful collection of short stories takes the reader on a journey through a diverse array of lives and relationships: a journalist finding new love after the death of her husband in the title story, “All Most”; the building tension between two lovers in“Salzburg and Vienna”; the relationship between a woman and her adopted brother in“Kimono”; a woman in her mid-thirties who is losing interest in her marriage, “Halloween”; a schoolgirl shocked to discover her mother’s secrets in “Autumn Whorl”; a man who faces personal angst in “Jacksonville”; to the grand finale—“Wade’s Technique.”

D’Agincourt delves deep into the emotional lives of her characters and sheds light on the mysteries of human decisions and the significance of art and music in our lives--all embodied by the cover, a copy of an Oskar Kokoschka painting at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, TWO NUDES (LOVERS). This collection of ten short stories is a brilliant display of contemporary literary fiction.