SELF-HELP. Stories

Moore, Lorrie

ISBN 10: 0394539214 / ISBN 13: 9780394539218

Published by Knopf, New York, 1985

About this Item

The author's first book. Ten sharply effective stories by a young writer who transforms her insights into the anxieties, loneliness and defenses of stranded women into fresh, intelligent, witty and entertaining fiction. A fine copy in a near fine jacket (slight sunning to spine).

Seller Inventory # 14470

Bibliographic Details

• Title: SELF-HELP. Stories
• Publisher: Knopf, New York
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394539214
• ISBN 13: 9780394539218
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First edition.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • First Book

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"