Book description
In this dazzling literary debut, Rebecca Curtis displays the gifts that make her one of the most talented writers of her generation. Her charactersāyoung women struggling to find happiness, love, success, security, and adventureāwait tables, run away from home, fall for married men, betray their friends, and find themselves betrayedā¦
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My wife and I and half of our friends have had the same experience reading this book, namely, bursting into tears while reading it on the subway. About half the stories in this collection have endings that are devastating/ecstatic gut punches, and the reason is that they are explorations of disgrace. Curtis is hilarious, but the everyday ostracizations that befall the young women in this book would tear you apart even if they werenāt funny.
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