Whether she’s writ­ing an engag­ing account of child­hood mem­o­ries from the Ukraine, her fam­i­ly’s quixot­ic immi­gra­tion expe­ri­ences, or cur­rent roman­tic mis­ad­ven­tures, award-win­ning author Mari­na Rubin reveals the tri­umphant absur­di­ties of con­tem­po­rary times with a unique voice and sharp eye for detail. The nar­ra­tives and char­ac­ters of Steal­ing Cher­ries are all too human, too famil­iar, too flawed, and just glam­orous enough to be endear­ing and unfor­get­table in these poet­ic, bite-sized short stories.