- Hardcover: 220 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd (15 May 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0684863332
- ISBN-13: 978-0684863337
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.7 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,377,829 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Estep follows her first novel, "Diary of An Emotional Idiot, " with a set of linked stories that glimpses two women through the eyes of the men in their lives.
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When my wife dumped me, I quit my job at the box factory, left Cleveland, and wandered for a few months. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Fierce and Fascinating,
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This review is from: Soft Maniacs (Hardcover)
This book is a treasure - I loved the way the stories were related and how you'd travel along a story and it would turn completely into something you had not expected, some of the lines were so hilarious I had to highlight them so I can repeat them to friends. And I'm still thinking about Jody and trying to figure her out. All in all this is a very cool read.
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Beautiful Reality,
By A Customer
This review is from: Soft Maniacs (Hardcover)
Love isn't always like a Hallmark card. No more than Family Life is always like a Rockwell painting. Birthdays aren't always happy, and families aren't always made from relatives.If anything, Life is more like an Arbus photograph: strange and vulnerable and damaged and beautiful all at once. Human beings are imperfect creatures. And, in spite of this, we somehow manage to connect with each other. In SOFT MANIACS, Maggie Estep captures this reality brilliantly. Comprised of nine intertwined stories which show two women - Jody, a sexually insatiable and unstable psychiatrist, and Katie, an assistant in forensic psychology who spent her youth traveling with her lion-tamer father and the circus - as shown through the eyes of the men who have loved them, this collection is like GEEK LOVE from the inside. Instead of being physically different, the characters in SOFT MANIACS could easily be called Freaks of the Heart. Just like real humans. This book is beautiful and resonant and will utterly disappoint anyone searching for a tenderly-narrated Rockwell-esque vision of love at the end of the century. But those of us who live in Reality will see the reflection of the darkest and most profound secrets of our hearts, and how in spite of our imperfections, we still have hope.
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4.0 out of 5 stars (12 customer reviews) 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Beautiful Reality,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Soft Maniacs (Hardcover)
Love isn't always like a Hallmark card. No more than Family Life is always like a Rockwell painting. Birthdays aren't always happy, and families aren't always made from relatives.If anything, Life is more like an Arbus photograph: strange and vulnerable and damaged and beautiful all at once. Human beings are imperfect creatures. And, in spite of this, we somehow manage to connect with each other. In SOFT MANIACS, Maggie Estep captures this reality brilliantly. Comprised of nine intertwined stories which show two women - Jody, a sexually insatiable and unstable psychiatrist, and Katie, an assistant in forensic psychology who spent her youth traveling with her lion-tamer father and the circus - as shown through the eyes of the men who have loved them, this collection is like GEEK LOVE from the inside. Instead of being physically different, the characters in SOFT MANIACS could easily be called Freaks of the Heart. Just like real humans. This book is beautiful and resonant and will utterly disappoint anyone searching for a tenderly-narrated Rockwell-esque vision of love at the end of the century. But those of us who live in Reality will see the reflection of the darkest and most profound secrets of our hearts, and how in spite of our imperfections, we still have hope. 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Waxing Circus-like,
By Fugue Satori "Mitch Elle." - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Soft Maniacs (Hardcover)
Soft Maniacs was difficult to get into, however personally, it didn't take me too long to adjust; it was real without being real. It was honest on the most perverted of levels; arousing and saddening. I discovered Maggie via Alan Wilder's spoiled brainchild, Recoil, to which she collaborated on Unsound Methods, which didin't hook me entirely until I listened to Love is a Dog from Hell. Maggie is itchy and unique, and definitely for those who veer toward the freakier side of fiction. I don't recommend her to all people, only those willing to recognise that perverse weirdness in us all.
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Maggie Does it Again!,
By The Mad Hapa "http://themadhapa.blogspot.com" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Soft Maniacs (Hardcover)
Maggie fans will not be let down by her latest book, "Soft Maniacs." It is a collection of short stories with characters that cross over from story to story. Most of the stories are about 20-30 somethings in New York City; however, Maggie does branch out into carnival workers. As with her previous book, "Diary of an Emotional Idiot," Maggie's recent work is full of unusual people described with Maggie's irrististable wit. Fans of Maggie's earlier work will likely notice a hint of maturity which only serves to strengthen her latest work.
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