“Reading Annabel Thomas is to appreciate a master at the top of her craft. In three novellas, Choices uses the backdrop of rural Ohio to introduce real people wrestling with universal challenges. In ‘Dorsey and the Amishman,’ young love is caught in the crosscurrents of cultures that intertwine yet stand distinct and separate. In ‘The Lost Book,’ mature love faces physical and mental decline, as well as the demands of mortality itself. In ‘Tuesday at the Airport,’ an aging woman searches for meaning in a busy airport. Thomas’ writing is a delight. Her characters are full, her touch deft, a single word capturing paragraphs. Her hand on the page is as sure as her characters’ hands on the hoe. The earth of her stories is a rich soil, the lines of her telling straight and true, her seeds yielding a bounty.” ~Kurt Landefeld, author of Jack’s Memoir