Mary Ann McGuigan's fiction has appeared in The Sun, Image, Massachusetts Review, North American Review, Prime Number, and other journals. Her collection Pieces includes stories named for the Pushcart Prize and Sundress Publications' Best of the Net. Mary Ann's young-adult novels about teens trying to make sense of the chaos grown-ups leave in their wake are ranked among the best books for teens by the Junior Library Guild and the New York Public Library. Her novel Where You Belong was a finalist for the National Book Award.
My mother had convinced herself—and us—that the landlord would never go through with it. But the eviction notice said the marshal would arrive at seven in the morning, and he did. She tried stopping him with lies. “Mr. Levine said he’ll wait for the rent,” she insisted. “He told me himself. I spoke to…
