Author Description

A destructive raccoon threatens to dismantle a house and a marriage; a desperate woman sows a seed of impossible hope; a mute girl wrestles with vocal demons, and a wife whose husband outweighs her by 300 pounds struggles under the weight of an even heavier burden. In Cyn Kitchen's stories, life isn't easy or pretty. Her characters are by turns frightened, ugly, violent and insane, but they also possess an equal capacity for light. Funny, dark and raw, TEN TONGUES is anything but hopeless because Kitchen believes the best gift to give her characters is the space they need simply to be who they are. (www.motesbooks.com) Hardcover.