Eleanor Henderson
Ten Thousand Saints
Shannon Cain
The Necessity of Certain Behaviors
Eleanor Henderson’s Ten Thousand Saints (Ecco Press) garnered tremendous praise in hardcover – it was named a Top 10 Book of 2011 by the New York Times?? Book Review, a notable book of 2011 by the New York Times, and a top 5 in fiction by O Magazine. A remarkably accomplished novel that infiltrates underground culture in the late 1980s, it is also a rich cross-generational story that probes the gnarled interrelationships between a collection of rudderless teenagers and their equally adrift parents. Shannon Cain is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize and O. Henry Award and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Of her new story collection, The Necessity of Certain Behaviors (University of Pittsburgh Press), Publishers Weekly said, “Cain’s debut collection of nine short stories adroitly navigates the tenuous waters of human relationships. Her quietly august characters struggle to come to terms with the unpredictable nuances of tradition, sexuality, and happiness
