Everyone Dies Famous in a Small Town

EVERYONE DIES FAMOUS IN A SMALL TOWN by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock (The Smell of Other People's Houses) is a collection of interconnected short stories set in the mid-1990s in the American West and Alaska. Hitchcock is a clever writer and readers will care about the teens she introduces, each of whom features prominently in one of the nine stories, while sometimes appearing in others. 

Hitchcock explores the angst of growing up and draws upon traumatic events including child abuse and a devastating wildfire. This is a relatively quick read although confusing at times due to the multiple narrators and varied rural settings.