Here's Your Hat What's Your Hurry: Stories

The singular, enchanting debut story collection from Elizabeth McCracken, now back in print as part of Ecco´s "Art of the Story" series, and with a new introduction from the author Called "astonishingly assured" by The Guardian, the nine stories that make up Elizabeth McCracken´s debut story collection deal with oddball characters doing their very best to forge connections with those around them. In "It´s Bad Luck to Die" a woman marries an older tattoo artist and finds comfort in agreeing to act as a canvas for his most elaborate work. "Some Have Entertained Angels, Unaware" follows a young girl as she comes face to face with a cast of eccentrics her recently-widowed father has invited to live in their expansive but dilapidated home. And in the title story, a young man and his wife are perplexed when an outspoken old woman shows up on their doorstep for a visit, claiming to be a distant aunt, even though she can´t be traced on a family tree. At once captivating and offbeat, Here´s Your Hat What´s Your Hurry is a dazzling showcase of the early years of Elizabeth McCracken´s prodigious talent.