The year is 2015 and America is on the threshold of seismic political and social changes, but as yet it is the quiet before the storm. Not that it matters much for the Reese-family, where every day is usually a storm ...

Set in the desert city of Yuma in the U.S. South-West this collection of linked short stories brings to life both the ugly and the beautiful experiences of a family where the youngest son is diagnosed with autism, his mother a recovered addict, his father a brooding state trooper, and his sister trying to protect her brother from a world that's anything but benign. 

The family:

Carrie Sawyer Reese (born Caroline McDonnell 1979) - searching artist,  recovered cocaine addict, special needs mom-in-training ... 

Jonathan Reese (b. 1975) - Arizona state trooper, fighting crime and Iraq war PTSD - and fighting to keep his family together ... 

Emma Reese (b. 2006) - intelligent and moody daughter of Carrie and Jon, always looking out for others but not so much for herself ... 

Michael Reese (b. late 2008) - Emma's autistic little brother who can hardly speak but sometimes seems to know the very wonders of the universe, anyway ... 

The Depending on the Morning Sun collections are linked short stories chronicling life and how to make the best of it. No matter the odds. 

If you liked the moods and characters in books like The Garden of Last Days (Andre Dubus III), Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout) and the classic road-movie Paris-Texas, this collection may be for you!