"Astonishing prose brings to life a forgotten woman and a lost world in a strange and bittersweet Southern pastoral. Since his award-winning debut collection of stories, Last Days of the Dog- Men, Brad Watson has been expanding the literary traditions of the South, in work as melancholy, witty, strange, and lovely as any in America. Inspired by the true story of his own great-aunt, he explores the life of Miss Jane Chisolm, born in rural, early-twentieth-century...

"A girl grows up to be an accomplished artist in this book about the small things that lead to a rich and fulfilling life"--

"Soy rica porque vivo en una casa, alli tengo un rinconcito sólo para mi donde puedo dormir y soñar sin que nadie me moleste. Soy rica por muchas otras razones, y tú también eres rico." - Back cover.

Jin is a designer and spreader of plagues intended to keep the human population in balance with the dwindling resources at hand. Jin is also a neuter, one of a clandestine group of naturally genderless humans. When a young woman named Sandy is thrust violently into the world of the neuters, the worlds of genders and neuters begin to clash. From the limestone caverns deep beneath the New Mexico desert to the streets of Albuquerque, Amarillo, and St....