Richard and Sara Everton have come to the small Mexican village of Ibarra to reopen a copper mine abandoned by Richard's grandfather fifty years before. The two Americans, the only foreigners in Ibarra, live among people who both respect and misunderstand them. And gradually the villagers, at first enigmas to the Everton, come to teach them much about life and the relentless tide of fate. -- from back cover

National Book Award-winner Harriet Doerr's stories are subtle and lyrical, powerful and addictive. Drawing on the groundwork from her previous novels, Stones for Ibarra and Consider This, SeNora, Ms. Doerr leads the listener into elegant tales where fate hovers, just out of sight, like a tiger in the grass. This superb collection includes The Extinguishing of Great-Aunt Alice, Way Stations, Like Heaven, and Edie: A Life.