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"Beautifully astute . . . extravagantly fine fiction." --Janet Maslin, "The New York Times"
"Wise and resounding . . . [Amy] Bloom joins the ranks of the unforgettable: F. Scott Fitzgerald's eyeless time; Virginia Woolf's impassivity in the progress of her characters' lives."--"Los Angeles Times"
"[Bloom] writes in beautifully wrought prose, with spunky humor and a flair for delectably eccentric details. . . . Brava."--"The New York Times Book Review"
"To read Bloom is to fall in love--with her characters and with the magic that language can make."--"More "
"Stirring . . . Characters [are] rendered in sexy, loving, living color."--"San Francisco Chronicle"
"[An] indelible new collection . . . Bloom illuminates the way our affections define us, old and young, for better or worse."--"People"
"Moving, shocking, written with compassion and understanding and generously reflective of the fragility of our lives."--"The Miami Herald" spent a week --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
"Wise and resounding . . . [Amy] Bloom joins the ranks of the unforgettable: F. Scott Fitzgerald's eyeless time; Virginia Woolf's impassivity in the progress of her characters' lives."--"Los Angeles Times"
"[Bloom] writes in beautifully wrought prose, with spunky humor and a flair for delectably eccentric details. . . . Brava."--"The New York Times Book Review"
"To read Bloom is to fall in love--with her characters and with the magic that language can make."--"More "
"Stirring . . . Characters [are] rendered in sexy, loving, living color."--"San Francisco Chronicle"
"[An] indelible new collection . . . Bloom illuminates the way our affections define us, old and young, for better or worse."--"People"
"Moving, shocking, written with compassion and understanding and generously reflective of the fragility of our lives."--"The Miami Herald" spent a week --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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A young woman struggles to come to terms with her friend's murder; a man and his daughter-in-law confess their sins in the most unlikely of places; a daughter returns to her hated father's house to care for him in his final days and discovers an unexpected bond; and, in a set of interlocking stories, two middle-aged friends, married to others, find themselves irresistibly sexually drawn to one another. In this sensuous, funny, and heartbreaking new book, Amy Bloom explores the unexpected patterns that love, and its absence, weave into our lives.With her generous and clear-eyed understanding of human complexity and contrariness, the award-winning author introduces us to some of her most unforgettable characters yet.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I almost gave up on the book, because the start of first story I found a bit depressing. It seemed like a story of "pensioner sex" and I just did not want to read about it. Then the pace and interest in the first story picked up, as it did with the rest of the book.
The stories are about real people in the real US and the characters are interesting, hateful or loveable or just real.
Some stories are almost novellas, and they are all worth reading. Sometimes I had to reread sentences because who is doing what is not always explictly stated, I had to work a bit harder than normal. But that might just be me.
The stories are about real people in the real US and the characters are interesting, hateful or loveable or just real.
Some stories are almost novellas, and they are all worth reading. Sometimes I had to reread sentences because who is doing what is not always explictly stated, I had to work a bit harder than normal. But that might just be me.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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A very interesting collection of short stories, about love and relationships. Subtle, very well-written, it makes you read it in a few days. Loved it!
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I'm not - or hadn't been until I read this - a fan of short story collections (one-offs I like...). So this took me utterly by surprise! Often when writing is so well-crafted it loses emotion. However both were in abundance in this collection - so much so that I immediately sought out her entire back-catalogue. This book is just beautiful.
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