Swim back to me / Ann Packer.

1st ed.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.

225 p. ; 22 cm.

"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.

Packer's sterling collection of stories is framed by two novellas: "Walk for Mankind" about teenager Richard Appleby and his bittersweet relationship with Sasha Horowitz, a rebellious, risk-taking 14-year-old, who has a clandestine affair with a drug dealer; and, "Things Said or Done" set three decades later, when Sasha, now 51 and divorced, has become Richard's caretaker.

English

May 25, 2011