Publisher's Synopsis
Originally published in 2008, Love Does Not Make Me Gentle or Kind is a collection of short stories by up-and-coming author Chavisa Woods. It explores the formative and tumultuous moments in the lives of two women as children and as adults in rural America. Filled with themes of incest, abuse, prejudice, sexuality and escape, Love Does Not Make Me Gentle or Kind is a gripping and intimate work that pushes the boundaries of contemporary fiction.
