This Life She's Chosen, Chronicle Books, 2005 A Barnes & Noble 2005 Discover Great New Writers title "Kirsten Lunstrum's stories are gemstones, multifaceted, highly polished, more and more complicated in structure the closer you look. Though they always speak quietly and with great care, her stories cast a mood that can fill up a room, an afternoon; they linger, even haunt a reader, and are never put aside easily. She pays a poet's attention to rhythm and cadence, an artist's attention to color and form. There is a quiet grace to her writing, a refinement and sophistication in her prose--stories as true as they are beautiful." Pam Houston, author of Cowboys are My Weakness and Sight Hound "An intriguing collection of subtle, complex, beautifully written stories." Lynn Freed, author of The Curse of the Appropriate Man Read an excerpt from This Life here. Purchase the book here.