A striking new collection from Lucy Caldwell, winner of the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature, and the BBC National Short Story Award.

"There must be moments when we let go – let go of all that we do, all that we are."

In Devotions, “one of the finest short story writers at work today” (Wendy Erskine) explores yearning for distant pasts and unknown futures.

A woman recalls the time her grandfather claimed to have met Jesus.

A professional musician travels across the world and through her memories with a violin older than the United States.

A young Belfast theater troupe brings its experimental production of Hamlet to New York.

Transporting and profound, these are stories of love, grief, and the ways that lives can be haunted.