The first thing you need to know about When darkness loves us is that it comprises of two short stories. The second thing you need to know about it is that these are not happy stories. The first story (from which the book takes its title) is about Sally Ann Hixson. Sally Ann is (only) sixteen and recently married (yep – the book was written back in 1985, but…still). Her husband works at Sally Ann’s parents’ farm trying to save enough money so that they […]