Iris has never left the big house in the country she shares with Mammy
and the servants. When The Ladies arrive, she finds that she must
appease her dead relatives. Other stories in this collection explore
themes of motherhood and the fragile body, family dynamics and small
town tensions, unusual traditions and metamorphosis.
Dead Relatives and Other Stories is the highly anticipated,
no-holds-barred short story collection from Lucie McKnight Hardy,
and readers can expect more of the suspense and trepidation evident in
her debut novel, Water Shall Refuse Them.