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Algonquin Books
October 2009
On Sale: September 22, 2009
272 pages
ISBN: 1565126327
EAN: 9781565126329
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Non-Fiction
Jill McCorkle, a master of the short story whose work has
been compared to that of Alice Munro and Lorrie Moore, is a
writer whose characters insist on our immediate and total
attention. Here, in her first collection in eight years,
are eleven new stories bristling with her signature wit and
weight. One way or the other, all of these stories are
about women looking love in the face without flinching.
Some of them are confronting the reality of domestic
disruption; others are simply flirting with the
possibilities—and dangers—of change. McCorkle's characters
make mistakes but aren't interested in hiding behind them.
They get divorced or quit their jobs or tell people to step
aside, and they move on. From the first story, about a modern-day Cinderella
contemplating escape, to the last, "Me and Big Foot," an
idyll about finding the perfect prince, McCorkle’s
collection is the genuine article, the work of a great
storyteller who knows exactly how—and why—to pair longing
and laughter.
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