Sara Levine Books in Order

These short fictions explore the uneasy business of understanding oneself and other people through sardonic, self-questioning narrators. Stories including The Fainting Couch and Baby Love turn recognisable human encounters toward dark comedy and unsettling observations.

A directionless college graduate becomes convinced Treasure Island provides a blueprint for improving her life. Pursuing its lessons in boldness and independence, she drags her family and an uncooperative parrot into an increasingly disruptive personal adventure.

While babysitting her nephew, Rose’s dog kills a corgi and the boy begins insisting the dead animal inhabits him. With his parents due home in a week, she struggles to expel the supposed spirit and maintain her rational worldview.