A warning: these are the kind of stories, so resonant and startling, that they’ll make you lose your breath, want to read sentences aloud, tear off paragraphs and hang them on your wall. Kelli Deeth mines the beauty and longing of women’s lives with a rare restraint and precision. These stories are exquisite and heartbreaking, and seem destined to become classics. —Rebecca Godfrey, author of Under the Bridge and The Torn Skirt “Deeth is a great writer of short fiction, and The Other Side of Youth is the best collection of short stories I have read in recent memory.” The Globe and Mail. “Each story in The Other Side of Youth is a finely tuned powerhouse.” Quill and Quire, Starred Review. “Deeth illustrates how significant the quotidian marginalization of women—and the concurrent curtailment of their complex desires and opportunities—can truly be.” The National Post. . “Deeth’s The Other Side of Youth is a collection of acute and subtle short stories…the prose itself is startlingly vigilant in its precision.” Lemon Hound. The people in Kelli Deeth’s stories are beautifully, perfectly confused: full of longing and doubt, moved by urges they can’t quite understand. They get into the wrong cars, bring home the wrong guys; they bristle against their edgy domesticity. Birth and death are pole stars here; characters wander from one to the other, finding shelter where they can. This is a brilliant book: elegant, honest, and raw. Kelli Deeth is an astonishing writer. —David Whitton, author of The Reverse Cowgirl Vast journeys in miniature, as seen through our flawed jewel of a world. Deeth’s deft language and simmering emotion place her amongst our masters of short fiction; her plethora of characters will become such a permanent part of your life, you’ll need to rent a van. —Adam Lewis Schroeder, author of In the Fabled East and Empress of Asia From The Other Side Of Youth comes an unsparing view of families and romantic relationships wrought by imperfect love. Kelli Deeth’s stories are unflinchingly honest and, in their crystalline depictions of unhappiness, rich with compassion. —Kevin Chong, author of Baroque-a-Nova and Beauty Plus Pity Kelli Deeth’s second acclaimed story collection, The Other Side of Youth, was published by Arsenal Press and was short-listed for a ReLit Award. Kelli Deeth’s first story collection, The Girl Without Anyone, published by HarperCollins, was chosen as one of The Globe and Mail’s Best Books. She lives and writes in Toronto.