Landlocked mermaids and a twisted Camp Fire Girl troop who will do
anything to sell the most P-Nuttles in history. A beautiful mother who
will not give up her coyote fur or cat's-eye sunglasses, even in the
worst of times. A rock idol who had always wanted to be buried in his
1953 Cadillac Eldorado convertible. These and many other characters
grace the ten stories in this collection.
N.M.Kelby is the author of The Constant Art of Being a Writer, and
several novels, including the best seller In the Company of Angels. She
is working on the movie Whale Season with Dwight Yoakam.
Praise for A Travel Guide for Reckless Hearts
"N. M. Kelby has long been one of my favorite writers, and her new story
collection, A Travel Guide for Reckless Hearts, is the sweet, pure,
hilarious, sneakily profound essence of her. We ache and we laugh: this
is the experience of reading N. M. Kelby just as it is the experience of
living in the 21st century." --Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize
winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, and the novel,
Hell
"This is a collection of love stories, each and every one of them true
to what goes on between us when our hearts collide. Beautiful, sweet,
and a little sad: love, exactly. N. M. Kelby knows a thing or two."
--Daniel Wallace, author of four novels including Big Fish, which was
also a film of the same name
"Kelby peeks into the hidden places of the heart, the sweet spot where
love dwells." --Patti Callahan Henry, author of six novels, including
Between the Tides
