Leah McNaughton Lederman

A Novel of Shorts Leah McNaughton Lederman

These nine stories are pieces to a lenticular puzzle. Taken together, they reveal the story of Esther, the endearing but deranged cleaning woman. She exists after hours, in liminal spaces, continuously shrinking into the background even in this very book which tells her tale; she makes you wonder if she was ever even there. (She was.) Anywhere she cleans, Esther is sure to collect to find a keepsake for her collection, whether it's a memory, a keepsake, or just some dust. She'll make you think twice about what you leave behind."I suspect Esther will change you, as she changed me, forever causing me to do double-takes at those visible invisibles who exist oftentimes silently on the edges of our peripheral vision while still remaining ever-present at the outskirts of our lives."--Dirk Manning, writer/creator of NIGHTMARE WORLD, THE TALES OF MR. RHEE, and much, much more