Before porcelain is fired, blue patterns are painted onto the unglazed body and covered with a layer of transparent glaze. Only after the heat of the kiln do they emerge in hues that are mellow and profound. The stories in this collection are like that “underglaze blue”: every affection is painted on in secret, neither showy nor dazzling, yet it grows clearer day by day in the warmth of passing time. A collection of short stories, with a quiet, gentle sweetness.
