In this award-winning collection, author Claralice Wolf has adapted her memories of growing up in Thailand as the daughter of Presbyterian missionaries into six sharply crafted tales of Ban Sai Dang, a fictional river village in rural Thailand. Whether describing a beleaguered village soothsayer or an outcast child who dreams of living with gibbons, the narration remains clever, honest, and poignant. You may never find Ban Sai Dang on a map, but it is nonetheless a real place, and you need only read these stories to travel there.