SELF-HELP

Lorrie Moore

ISBN 10: 0394539214 / ISBN 13: 9780394539218

Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1985

About this Item

Near Fine in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Edge wear. Closed tear to front panel's upper-left corner. Creasing to rear panel's upper edge. ; 8.60 X 5.80 X 0.90 inches; 163 pages.

Seller Inventory # 107286

Bibliographic Details

• Title: SELF-HELP
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394539214
• ISBN 13: 9780394539218
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; Second Printing.
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About this title

Synopsis

These ten short stories focus on women who are on the brink of loneliness--their mothers are dying, their husbands and lovers are leaving them--and who face their disappointments with anxiety laced with ironic humor

Review

" 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"