Sara Roberts Jones has a knack for turning the mundane into the mysterious and intriguing. Who else could take a handful of errands, a savings box linked to a couple's sex life, a simple canoe trip, or an old man lying on his porch and turn them into compelling short stories that you can't put down? And just try to pick a favourite. Is it "The Dang Truck," with its folksy, conversational style and surprising ending? Or is it the story of Uncle Bobby and the surprise-party cake? Or "Intersections," exploring the odd coincidences that link up the disparate events of our lives in unexpected ways?

Whichever it is, you will enjoy reading and rereading these fun, fascinating vignettes of the lives of regular people, doing regular things only to find "regular" giving way to "unusual" and "exciting" in unpredictable ways.

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I received a review copy of this book from the author. ( )