Shrinking Violets by Heidi Greco
Aside from the fact that she was born with bright orange hair, Reggie has always felt pretty ordinary. She works as a supermarket cashier, and her life as a single mother isn’t exactly what she’d wanted. But just when things start going the way she thinks they’re supposed to, she discovers that even that road isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
“Things are not what they seem—they never are. The almost-cozy world of soap opera domesticity …goes sour, in unexpected and startling ways. As gripping a read as you’re likely to come upon soon.”
— Dave Margoshes, author of Bix’s Trumpet and Other Stories
“Shrinking Violets is an atmospheric, spooky novella of dreams and secrets…but the heart of the story is the bond between a loving mother and son.”
— Mark Anthony Jarman, author of My White Planet
