"The Devil You Know" is the follow up volume to Farrell s acclaimed debut collection, "Sugar Bush Other Stories."The stories in "The Devil You Know" deal with the familiar, yet ever engrossing, territories of sex, love, work, birth, and death. Life s defining moments are explored through the eyes of female characters, from children to teens to adults. Family relationships, particularly between mothers and daughters, are a central theme of this collection. All families have secrets and things unspoken, but eventually these dark truths come to light, often in surprising and transformative ways.