Sad Grownups -- Amy Stuber, Paperback Children's Books/Ages 9-12 People & Places Inspired by her lush locale

Inspired by her lush locale and classic American cooking

this having lived long enough to take a good look back

a Hungarian-French Jew and his father were rounded up by Nazis and brought to a prison camp

Danielle and her siblings were kidnapped

Sad Grownups -- Amy Stuber, Paperback Children's Books/Ages 9-12 People & Places Inspired by her lush localeFor those who've been sad and tried not to be, seventeen stories about the absurdity of searching for joy in a dying world. Winner of the 2025 PEN Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection A neighborhood of picturesque content creation houses perched on too green lawns in a California desert; a meandering stampede of unleashed dogs on the streets of San Francisco; a skein of snow geese alighting in a state park in Missouri; an uncanny