When twenty-year-old Jess discovers that her mother has woven their family history from lies, she begins searching for her sperm donor daddy. In the sixties, when Jess was born, it was still common practice to recruit sperm donors from among medical students. Jess identifies her father in his class yearbook and runs away from home to find him as a practicing MD.
"The language in this collection of short stories blooms with the allure and heady fragrance of jungle flora. Even her characters, commonplace citizens at first glance, harbor a drop of wild blood that curdles and froths against the threat of too much domesticity."
