Self-Help

Lorrie Moore

ISBN 10: 0394539214 / ISBN 13: 9780394539218

Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1985

About this Item

Moore's first book, "a remarkable debut by an original and gifted writer." Book and dust jacket are fully fine.

Seller Inventory # 236

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Self-Help
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394539214
• ISBN 13: 9780394539218
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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"