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A collection of short stories that are "at once laugh-out-loud funny and utterly serious" (Claire Messud, author of The Burning Girl)."McGraw ably leavens heartbreak with humor . . . she renders quirky, refreshingly real characters--a mediocre ballet dancer who takes in a more successful dancer's daughter; an insecure self-help author who's thrown for a loop by a visit to her parents; a disillusioned bed-and-breakfast owner who flirts with moving to Aruba; Catholic priests who have trouble livi…
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- Author: Erin McGraw
- Publisher: Mariner Books
- Year: 2014
- Pages: 208
- ISBN: 9780547525051
- ISBN-10: 0547525052
- ISBN-13: 9780547525051
- Format: ePub
- Language: English
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A collection of short stories that are "at once laugh-out-loud funny and utterly serious" (Claire Messud, author of The Burning Girl)."McGraw ably leavens heartbreak with humor . . . she renders quirky, refreshingly real characters--a mediocre ballet dancer who takes in a more successful dancer's daughter; an insecure self-help author who's thrown for a loop by a visit to her parents; a disillusioned bed-and-breakfast owner who flirts with moving to Aruba; Catholic priests who have trouble living up to their vows--on the verge of improving their lot in life. The happiness they catch glimpses of, though, frequently eludes their grasp . . . McGraw's pitch-perfect dialogue and artful closeups on the telling, trying details of ordinary lives deliver stories that are easy to read but hard to forget." --Publishers Weekly
"I love these stories about nice normal people trying--and failing--to cling to their fondest delusions." --Molly Giles, author of All the Wrong Places
- Author: Erin McGraw
- Publisher: Mariner Books
- Year: 2014
- Pages: 208
- ISBN: 9780547525051
- ISBN-10: 0547525052
- ISBN-13: 9780547525051
- Format: ePub
- Language: English English
A collection of short stories that are "at once laugh-out-loud funny and utterly serious" (Claire Messud, author of The Burning Girl).
"McGraw ably leavens heartbreak with humor . . . she renders quirky, refreshingly real characters--a mediocre ballet dancer who takes in a more successful dancer's daughter; an insecure self-help author who's thrown for a loop by a visit to her parents; a disillusioned bed-and-breakfast owner who flirts with moving to Aruba; Catholic priests who have trouble living up to their vows--on the verge of improving their lot in life. The happiness they catch glimpses of, though, frequently eludes their grasp . . . McGraw's pitch-perfect dialogue and artful closeups on the telling, trying details of ordinary lives deliver stories that are easy to read but hard to forget." --Publishers Weekly
"I love these stories about nice normal people trying--and failing--to cling to their fondest delusions." --Molly Giles, author of All the Wrong Places
"McGraw ably leavens heartbreak with humor . . . she renders quirky, refreshingly real characters--a mediocre ballet dancer who takes in a more successful dancer's daughter; an insecure self-help author who's thrown for a loop by a visit to her parents; a disillusioned bed-and-breakfast owner who flirts with moving to Aruba; Catholic priests who have trouble living up to their vows--on the verge of improving their lot in life. The happiness they catch glimpses of, though, frequently eludes their grasp . . . McGraw's pitch-perfect dialogue and artful closeups on the telling, trying details of ordinary lives deliver stories that are easy to read but hard to forget." --Publishers Weekly
"I love these stories about nice normal people trying--and failing--to cling to their fondest delusions." --Molly Giles, author of All the Wrong Places
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