In this kaleidoscope of fiction, readers will laugh and cry, sometimes at the same time, as Wiebe illuminates, again and again, the humanity we share amidst the shattered fragments of the worlds we inhabit.

— Magdalene Redekop, author of Making Believe

Armin’s characters are clumsy in love, awkward socially, and achingly sincere. Except when they’re not. There’s real anger and pain in these stories, and Armin manages to make heartbreak and yearning so damned attractive. I don’t think “Barn Dance” will ever leave me. Armin Wiebe is a national treasure and I am heist dopp in love with this book.

— Susie Moloney, author of A Dry Spell, The Dwelling, and The Thirteen