I'm so excited to say (for the very first time ever) that I received this book through Goodreads First Reads. 
 This collection of short stories features tragically troubled characters in gritty and hopeless situations (just my cup of tea). Similar to Winter's Bone, the stories focus on those on the fringes of society that many of us don't consider. Meth dealers, rapists, criminals, and war veterans are the main characters of several of the stories. 
 Uncle was my favorite of the stories. (view spoiler)[ About a young girl who lives with her uncle, who she fears because he is a rapist, and she is maturing to an age where she begins to garner his interest. After witnessing her uncle violently rape a girl, she attacks him. Her attack leaves him helpless and in a wheelchair, and the girl becomes his caretaker. It's a beautifully written and haunting story. (hide spoiler)]