Absolute Brightness by James Lecesne is the story of sixteen-year-old Phoebe and the year her younger cousin Leonard changed the lives of her family forever. Phoebe lives with her older sister Diedre and their mother in suburban New Jersey. She works the phone in her mother’s hair salon, making appointments for a wide range of drab housewives and widows, women who’ve not changed their hairstyle … Continue reading Absolute Brightness by James Lecesne featuring an interview with the author.