How pretty are you?

Thunderstruck is the first collection of short stories from acclaimed American writer and librarian Elizabeth McCracken since Here's Your Hat, What's Your Hurry twenty years ago. These nine highly literary stories revolve around the themes of grief and loss, and the ways in which ordinary people try to make sense of personal disasters.

Thunderstruck is the first collection of short stories from acclaimed American writer and librarian Elizabeth McCracken since Here's Your Hat, What's Your Hurry twenty years ago. These nine highly literary stories revolve around the themes of grief and loss, and the ways in which ordinary people try to make sense of personal disasters.