A hefty trade paperback (562 pages) in good condition. A friend sent this to me after I sent her another Gilchrist book "Anabasis". I loved these stories. A perfect "bedside book," you can read a story a night and go to sleep smiling. From the back:

"Suffused with wit, irony, and the bittersweet complications of love, the writings of Ellen Gilchrist occupy a unique place in American fiction. From early novels such asThe Annunciation to recent story collections such as Flights of Angels, Gilchrist writes with a keen insight into the foibles of human nature, while narrating the off-kilter lives of her delightful eccentric and unforgettable characters. The stories in this volume, selected by Gilchrist herself, constitute the best--and best-loved--work of one of the finest storytellers in modern southern literature." ( )