This Cake is for the Party

by Sarah Selecky

This is one strange collection of short stories. Highlights include:

• Go-Manchura, in which a woman invites couples to a weekend cabin stay for the purpose of selling organic products;

• Where Are You Coming From, Sweetheart? tells the tale of a 14-year-old and her rejection of her widower father’s behavior; and

• One Thousand Wax Buddhas, in which readers meet a candle-making couple, one of whom is mentally ill.

The stories are odd and engrossing. Interestingly enough, the title of the collection is not the title of any of the stories. Hmmm. . . 

1/21/13