![]() Ma’s debut novel, 2018’s “Severance,” brought a wry sensibility to the apocalyptic novel, and the stories in her first collection are similarly offbeat. The story is told balletically, compulsively, in short spurts of image and sensation, while also managing to immerse the reader fully in the textures, tastes and sounds of the Maine coast. ![]() (BP)Ī family lives illegally on a Maine island, barely surviving, while a father endures recovery Gilliss imbues every page with the ache and uncertainty of trying to give a child small pockets of joy under near impossible circumstances. Wilkerson (“The Revisioners”) spins “Fiddler on the Roof” into 1950s Black San Francisco, and the result is irresistible. That is their mother’s goal, but it might not be something any of the siblings want. Sisterly singers the Salvations (Ruth, Esther and Chloe) have gotten their big break: A talent manager wants them to go national. ![]()
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