This is a Voice from Your Past

"Every woman gets a call like this sooner or later. The phone rings, a man says: ''This is a voice from your past.''" The opening of the compelling title story of Merrill Joan Gerber''s collection sets the tone for each of the thirteen remarkable pieces therein, two of them previously unpublished. Set mostly in Southern California ­in seemingly peaceful, suburban households—Gerber''s stories expos...