Always Happy Hour: Stories

Always Happy Hour: Stories

<p>“Sleek, sexy, slyly funny.” —Tom Franklin, author of <em>Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter</em></p><br /><p>A “bracingly strong” (<em>Kirkus Reviews</em>, starred review) collection brimming with savage Southern charm, <em>Always Happy Hour</em> propels Mary Miller to new heights. Claustrophobic and lonesome, acerbic and magnetic, her characters seek understanding in the most unlikely places—a dilapidated foster home where love is a liability, a trailer park laden with a history of bad decisions, and the empty corners of a dream home bought after a bitter divorce. “Full of wit, bite, and the boundless intelligence of their author” (Kevin Powers, author of <em>The Yellow Birds</em>), these stories evoke the particular gritty comfort found in bad habits as hope turns to dust, and they prove yet again Miller’s essential role in American fiction.</p>