How to Breathe Underwater: Stories - Softcover

Orringer, Julie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014101508X ISBN 13: 9780141015088

Publisher: Penguin, 2005

Synopsis

In her dazzling first book Julie Orringer dives into the private world of childhood and immerses us in its fears and longings: the jealous friendships and the bitter sibling battles; the parents that row and the boys that won't dance with you. Then, in a voice that is equally tender and compassionate, she reminds us of those rare, exhilarating moments of victory. 'Unbelievably good: the humiliations and cruelties and passions of childhood, sparkling fresh prose, a writer with a big heart and an acute sense of the small things that loom large in our lives' Monica Ali, Guardian

About this title

Review:

'An amazing debut. Conjures the same exhilaration I felt on reading Melissa Bank’s The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing’ -- Daily Telegraph

‘Outstanding’ -- Nick Hornby

About the Author:

Julie Orringer was born in 1973 and grew up in New Orleans and Ann Arbor, Michigan. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and Cornell University. Her stories have appeared in several publications including The Paris Review, The Yale Review and Best New American Voices. Julie Orringer lives in San Francisco where she is currently at work on a novel. How to Breathe Underwater is her first book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 014101508X
• ISBN 13: 9780141015088
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240