In this brilliantly told short story collection, critically
acclaimed author David Updike skillfully portrays the
multi-faceted nature of love and of the heart. From a
father’s painful realization his son has discovered the dark
heart of racism still beats, to a quiet love affair that
needs an audience to bloom; from the bumbling of a professor
who unwittingly falls for one of his students to the wistful
memories of a bittersweet affair tinged in regret, Updike
portrays the intricacies of loving someone with candor.
Full of sparkling wonder and poignant melancholy alike, Old
Girlfriends is a clear-eyed vision of the world we live in.
Drifting from the unrequited to the secretive, the familial
to the first poetic moments, this soulful collection leaves
no avenue of expression untouched.
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