Susan O'Byrne

Kansas, She Said Susan O'Byrne

"The lilacs reminded Ruby Larch of possibility and change, so she packed an overnight bag and drove away from home, not stopping until she hit the outskirts of Tulsa ten hours later. She'd told her husband that she wanted to visit her parents, which might have been true. She was headed roughly in their direction, give or take a few states, but had not yet informed them of her journey. Maybe she would stop and see them in Paradise Valley, maybe instead she would slip down into Mexico, or maybe she would drive all the way to the Pacific Ocean. Ruby decided she would find out somewhere along the way." KANSAS, SHE SAID explores the happiness that keeps us human, and the disappointments that keep us always moving onward.