This elegant novella is a comedy and a parable about a failed writer, a man with an appetite for melancholy, who finds success through his relationship with a Latina
housekeeper and her son.

about the author
Christopher Brookhouse has been honored by The American Academy of Arts and Letters for his nove Running Out. In 2005, his story collection, Fog, won the biennial New Hampshire Literary Award for Outstanding Work of Fiction. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina, and Sanibel, Florida.