This book of nine short stories is infused with wonder, wisdom, and a little of the fantastic. In "My Bonny," a nineteenth-century family perseveres, changes, and grows near a Scottish harbor. In "The Ground the Deck," Megan and her eccentric roommates attempt to afford living in modern-day London while still savoring their youth. In "The Invisible," an old woman in a farming town claims to be friends with the invisible elite. These stories, and all the rest, offer compelling observations of what it means to struggle and the various ways in which we overcome (or simply cope). With lyrical prose, Jo Lloyd has pieced together a book that is simultaneously beautiful and unsettling.