The Girl Who Cried Diamonds and Other Stories

“In these 14 hard-edged and unapologetic stories, debut author Garcia tackles topics ranging from human trafficking and drug abuse to eating disorders and middle-age angst, and in no-frills prose, carves out bizarre and palpable realities, breathing strange life into a horde of depressed, deprived, and abused characters.” — Publishers Weekly“You won’t always get neatly tied up narratives in The Girl Who Cried Diamonds and Other Stories, but that makes the stories feel all the more real and urgent. Garcia has written some fine realist pieces in the collection, but she seems most vibrant with thrillers and speculative stories…I’m particularly grateful to Garcia’s book. It didn’t make me see a different world. It made me see the world differently.” — The Masters Review“The stories in Rebecca Hirsch Garcia’s debut collection glimmer and cut sharply, exploring fractured families, unexpected encounters with strangers, and the fantastical hidden in plain sight. Bridging tenderness and violence, and brimming with danger and magic, The Girl Who Cried Diamonds will leave you breathless.” — Anuja Varghese, author of Chrysalis“Hirsch Garcia bends reality, turning women into clouds and telling the stories in such a manner that the reader doesn’t dare to look away.” — The Ampersand Review“Ottawa’s Rebecca Hirsch Garcia shows us parts of humanity we don’t want to acknowledge: the visceral parts, the complicated parts. Hers is a book for lovers of dark fiction and harsher truths.” — Apt613 blog“Haunting and profound, I can’t recommend it enough.” — Danila Botha, author of Things That Cause Inappropriate Happiness

Rebecca Hirsch Garcia lives in Ottawa, Ontario. She is an O. Henry Prize–winning author whose work has been published in the Threepenny Review, PRISM international, The Dark, and elsewhere. The Girl Who Cried Diamonds & Other Stories is her debut collection.

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