Good Morning Means I Love YouThe electrifying and intimate first novel from the author of The Collection Plate and Fruit Punch, a searing story of a young Texan woman and the family she makes with two men A couple years after Noon and I fall in love, we fall in love with Micahand a couple years after that, I have both of their babies. We choose, this land and this life. We share, ourselves and our sons. We name them, Morning and Night. In her arresting first novel, Kendra Allen

Nora becomes Scheherazade

who begins life as a teenage ditchdigger in 1930s Newark

Gloriously inventive

How can Liza do this to him

principal of Lori Weitzner Design

capital of the county of Champagne and site of two of the cycle Champagne Fairs—the “Hot Fair” in August and the “Cold Fair” in December

and the emotional upset can reduce your desire to eat

are not random

reputed to be cannibals

Individuals propelled by hope and fear

the twelve stories in this collection speak to the humor

The houseboats engage the reader through their history and owners’ stories