The Disobedience of Water

<p>Evoking passion and heartbreak. intelligence and unapologetic humanity these eight beautifully crafted stories explore the boundary conditions between the self and others. Although social realities -- racial and ethnic tensions sexual harassment and abuse -- make up their background these are really love stories in which people discover and forgive one another. A daughter finds her father's kindness extends beyond her and their family; a wife discovers and forgives the affair between her husband and best friend; and in the title story which takes the form of a letter to an almost-lover the narrator winds through swirling eddies of memory and language to relate her present and past lives and the loves that have informed them.</p><p>Written with a masterful sureness of hand and heart these captivating intimate stories display Sena Jeter Naslund's extraordinary presence as one of today's most rewarding writers of fiction.</p>