Music for wartime

Alas, I picked this collection up because I heard about one quirky story, and it turned out to be the only one slightly quirky. The stories that seem to be pulled from the author's personal history, as much for their possible veracity as shorter length, most made me pause. This collection often deals with solemn or uncomfortable subject matter. The quality of the writing kept me going, but I prefer fun-weird to sad literary in short stories. 
⚠️mention of miscarriage, reference to pogroms, holocaust, anti-semitism, 9/11, racism, antisemitism