Follow the everyday lives of those trying to keep up with a changing Nashville, Tennessee.
 
Set in the rapidly changing city of Nashville, Tennessee, the characters in Dear Second Husband struggle to make their marriages, friendships, and families thrive despite the pressures of modern life. An unapologetic widower, a self-destructive musician, a teacher grieving a miscarriage, and a mother trying to be everything for everyone rely on resilience and persistence to find joy and belonging in the fragile connections between one another.

Susan Finch is an associate dean and professor of English and creative writing at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. Her work has appeared in The Chicago Tribune, Crab Orchard Review, New Ohio Review, The Greensboro Review, and others.

Dear Second Husband 7

Nothing Less Than 20,000 Watts 21

Promises, Promises 35

Everybody Has a Flood Story 51

My Friends, My Sisters, My Doppelgängers 63

We Are the Bachelorettes and We Insist 81

Rock Harbor 93

That Thing with Feathers 107

Infestation 121

Our Bodies Know How to Hold On 133