A collection of previously uncompiled stories from the short-story master and literary sensation Lucia Berlin.

In 2015, FSG published A Manual for Cleaning Women, a posthumous story collection by a relatively unknown writer, to wild, widespread acclaim. It was a New York Times bestseller; the paper's Book Review named it one of the Ten Best Books of 2015; and NPR, Time, Entertainment Weekly, The Guardian, The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and other outlets gave the book rave reviews.

Evening in Paradise is a careful selection from the remaining Berlin stories--a jewel box follow-up for Lucia Berlin's hungry fans.

Foreword: The story is the thing / by Mark Berlin --
The musical vanity boxes --
Sometimes in summer --
Andado: a Gothic romance --
Dust to dust --
Itinerary --
Lead Street, Albuquerque --
NoeÌ⁸l. Texas. 1956 --
The adobe house with a tin roof --
A foggy day --
Cherry blossom time --
Evening in Paradise --
La Barca de la Ilusion --
My life is an open book --
The wives --
NoeÌ⁸l, 1974 --
The pony bar, Oakland --
Daughters --
Rainy day --
Our brother's keeper --
Lost in the Louvre --
Sombra --
Luna nueva --
A note on Lucia Berlin