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Also by Jill McCorkle:

Life After Life, April 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
Going Away Shoes, October 2009
Hardcover
Ferris Beach, October 1997
Paperback (reprint)

GOING AWAY SHOES
By: Jill McCorkle

Algonquin Books
October 2009
On Sale: September 22, 2009
272 pages
ISBN: 1565126327
EAN: 9781565126329
Hardcover
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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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Morning Edition - December 4, 2009