Award winning author Lauren Carter’s poignant new work of fiction, PLACES LIKE THESE, a collection of stories with psychologically complex characters woven with a deep authentic sense of character and place that wanders from San Francisco to Northern Manitoba and beyond while examining the constant human struggle with longing, loneliness, and loss, sold to Jay MillAr at Book*hug Press by Samantha Haywood at Transatlantic Agency for Fall 2023 (world rights).