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This absorbing, ironic, bitter-sweet collection of nine stories marked Lorrie Moore's talented debut. Sharp, cruel and funny, the stories are presented as a highly idiosyncratic guide to female existence: 'How to be an Other Woman', 'How to Talk to Your Mother (Notes)', 'How to Become a Writer', 'The Kid's Guide to Divorce'.
'A remarkable debut by an original and gifted writer. Lorrie Moore's wry, poetic stories of love and loss make me want to laugh and cry at the same time.' Alison Lurie
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" A wry, crackly voice. . . . Fine, funny, and very moving pictures of contemporary life [from] a writer of enormous talent." -- "The New York Times" " Brisk, ironic . . . scalpel-sharp. . . . A funny, cohesive, and moving collection of stories." -- "The New York Times Book Review" " Astonishing. . . . Moore is so good at trapping each moment in perfect, precise detail, so masterful at cynicism and wryness that her moments of poignancy and sweetness catch us completely off guard." -- "San Francisco Chronicle" " Sharp, flicking, on-target . . . the work of a sorcerer' s apprentice. Moore casts a cruel, mischievous spell." -- "Vanity Fair" " Trenchant, funny tales. . . . Moore is much more than another chronicler of the chronically out-of-sync relations between American men and women. She writes with urgency and pace." -- "People" "A wry, crackly voice. . . . Fine, funny, and very moving pictures of contemporary life Yfrom a writer of enormous talent." --"The New York Times" "Brisk, ironic . . . scalpel-sharp. . . . A funny, cohesive, and moving collection of stories." --"The New York Times Book Review" "Astonishing. . . . Moore is so good at trapping each moment in perfect, precise detail, so masterful at cynicism and wryness that her moments of poignancy and sweetness catch us completely off guard." --"San Francisco Chronicle" "Sharp, flicking, on-target . . . the work of a sorcerer's apprentice. Moore casts a cruel, mischievous spell." --"Vanity Fair" "Trenchant, funny tales. . . . Moore is much more than another chronicler of the chronically out-of-sync relations between American men and women. She writes with urgency and pace." --"People"
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Issued into the launch list of Faber Modern Classics, publishing in April 2015
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- PublisherFaber and Faber
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0571145345
- ISBN 13 9780571145348
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages176
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