The small backs of children

By Lidia Yuknavitch, Amanda Dolan

Subjects: Women authors, Adoption, Depression in women, Children and war, Authors, fiction, War and families, Women artists, fiction, Fiction, Intercountry adoption, Photographs, Orphans, American literature, Women artists, Fiction, psychological, Authors, Artists, LGBTQ novels

Description: In a war-torn village in Eastern Europe, an American photographer captures a heart-stopping image: a young girl flying toward the lens, fleeing a fiery explosion that has engulfed her home and family. The image, instantly iconic, garners acclaim and prizes and, in the United States, becomes a subject of obsession for one writer, the photographer's best friend, who has suffered a devastating tragedy of her own.