Chapter Twenty-Seven: St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

After reading her more recent collection of short stories, I decided to read Karen Russell's first collection, St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves.  (What a great title!)  I did not, however, enjoy this collection as much as I enjoyed Vampires in the Lemon Grove.  I felt that most of the stories in St. Lucy's were darker than those in Vampires and the elements of strangeness were also darker and more depressing.  Moreover, most of the stories didn't quite feel finished to me, somehow; I was often left feeling confused about what the point of the story was.  However, they were interesting and well-written, which kept me reading them.