Set mainly in the small towns of Alabama, the stories in Her Kind of Want  ache with the relentless longing of the poor, struggling, usually  discarded southern women who tell us their lives—lives that seem to  revolve around men whose only presence is their absence.Bebe, Luna, Melly, Little Hula, Dena. These are just a few of  the women we meet in Jennifer Davis's award-winning collection. Women  who married too fast, had children too young, and drink too much. Yet  beneath their unpolished exteriors, these women are flesh and blood, and  their wants and needs are as severe and deep as any.Davis's characters relate their stories in voices as complex  and raw as their southern environment. Each tale may sound slightly  familiar—an unwanted pregnancy, a fast car flying down a country  road—but Davis moves beyond the familiar stories of the rural South to  expose the gaps that connect these women, creating startlingly real and  vibrant characters.Although often bleak and sometimes disturbing, Her Kind of Want is a celebration of southern people, their perseverance, their spirit, and their determination to make the ugly beautiful.

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