The Discipline of Sorrow

The Discipline of Sorrow is a collection of ten dark, eerie, and revelatory narratives that explore the fraught terrain between innocence and experience. In order to understand the world we must first give up our innocence, but how do we maintain perspective even as we struggle with its loss? This book of stories asks and answers these questions while revealing a dizzying assortment of characters on their quests to gain—or regain—some modicum of control. William G. Eliot's short story collection The Discipline of Sorrow challenges the reader to reconsider what “innocence" means in relation to uncovering the mysteries of our own lives. The Discipline of Sorrow is an exploration of ten years in the life of one woman whose life was changed.