In this collection of a novella and stories, Anndee Hochman examines loss, faith, and love, and explores the complex anatomies of human relationships. Her tales are peopled by a brilliant assortment of characters, many of them adolescent girls and young women, all on the verge of discovering their roles in the world. Smart, fresh, and vivid, Anatomies marks the fiction debut of a gifted writer.

Anndee Hochman is the author of Everyday Acts & Small Subversions: Women Reinventing Family, Community, and Home. Her writing has appeared in Ms., Redbook, Philadelphia, The New York Times Book Review, The Boston Review, and elsewhere. She lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.