Better Bones

Better Bones is a collection of lyrical hybrid stories that focuses on the way the body holds memories, desires, and self-destructive tendencies. The pieces combine real-life landscapes, from Philadelphia to Los Angeles to Long Island, as well as childlike mythical places, as the narrator moves backward and forwards, through childhood to adulthood, in order to make sense of their surroundings and decisions.

Jane-Rebecca Cannarella is a writer living in Philadelphia who is haunted by ghosts of her past, all of which are barnacled sailboats.