A heart-wrenching tale of becoming and undoing, Stacy TenHouten's The House with TwoStories embarks on a journey of rediscovery and transformation. When a girl's mother leaves forthe night, she encloses her young daughter in her bedroom with only a TV dinner and her booksfor company. Come morning, the mother hasn't returned, and the girl's hope dwindles as sheremains alone for another night. What transpires for the girl in the following days is a poignantfable that explores the limits and the strength of the human psyche.Formatted as a children's story, The House with Two Stories embodies what it means totransform pain through art. Simultaneously a story of a child's abandonment and an adult'sreturn to girlhood trauma, The House with Two Stories demonstrates in visceral terms the powerof self-exploration through the body, through language, and through the body's language. Ahomecoming and a departure at once, TenHouten's story gives strength to the painful andencourages others to do the same.