Table for One: Stories

In Christina Holbrook's affecting new story collection, women struggle to define for themselves the meaning of love and success. Traveling the world to find their place in it or coming home to claim what is theirs, her heroines are vulnerable, fierce, and foolhardy-often in equal measure. Above all, they are complex and contradictory individuals, always on the verge of hope.Holbrook's debut novel, All the Flowers of the Mountain, was published in 2022. The book is a finalist for the Colorado Book Award and won a Bronze IPPY Award.PRAISE FOR All the Flowers of the Mountain"A paean to one young woman's insistence on being true to herself, no matter the odds or the cost."-Emily Colin, New York Times bestselling author of The Memory Thief"Christina Holbrook's gorgeous writing gives the book an intimacy and narrative momentum that makes it hard to put down."-Christie Aschwanden, New York Times bestselling author of Good To Go"Holbrook writes with such keen emotional awareness and descriptive flair."-Jeff Deck, author of The Shadow Over Portsmouth series