Bug-Eyed View

An excerpt from Tucson author Alice Hatcher’s debut novel, The Wonder That Was OursIndividuals governed by prejudice will question our authority to recount the events of that week in November, when so much foul jetsam from the cruise ship Celeste washed up on St. Anne's shores and the heat inside Professor Cleave's cab, our classroom, nearly stifled our dreams—the week everything burned. They'll say we spent the week deep in sleep, addled by ingrained habits and sloth.…