How We Do Things Here - by Matt Cashion (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

In Wisconsin and Florida, in backyards, waiting rooms, boardrooms, and bedrooms, How We Do Things Here exposes the hilarity and heartbreak caused by a group of mess-makers struggling to survive themselves, each other, and the places they're trying to call home. Inside absurd and poignant moments that provoke much laughter and pain, Matt Cashion's cast of slow-learners reveals how we try (and fail) and retry to forge meaningful connections in the troubled spaces we're so desperate to share.

Review Quotes

"Involving. . . . It's always exciting to find an entertaining, accomplished writer like Cashion."

-St. Paul Pioneer Press

"Consistently surprising . . . Start the book for the laughs. Finish it for the tears."

-Wisconsin Writers Association

"Surprising, very funny, and brimming with compassion."

-Lori Ostlund, author of Are You Happy?

"Like a bunch of bottle rockets whistling past one another before they fizzle back down to earth, Cashion's stories dazzle as we follow their doomed trajectories."

-Robin Hemley, author of How to Change History

"A masterclass in empathy . . . beautiful, heartbreaking, and true."

-Brian Turner, author of My Life as a Foreign Country

"Matt Cashion is the Elizabeth Strout of the Midwest."

-BJ Hollars, author of Year of Plenty

"Perfectly-crafted stories. . . . I cannot say how much I loved this collection."

-George Singleton, author of The Curious Lives of Non-Profit Martyrs

"Domesticity elevated to wry opera . . . unmatched wit, often sheer hilarity."

-Joseph Bathanti, author of Too Glorious to Even Long for on Certain Days

"Vibrant stories woven with keen insights, quirky revelations, and witty intellect."

-Keith Pilapil Lesmeister, author of We Could've Been Happy Here