Witty, zeitgeisty short stories, which are full of astute observations and characters so convincing that they feel immediately familiar… Her narrators' voices are funny, warm and informal ...
OBSERVER
Sittenfeld zooms in on urban Midwesterners dealing with middle-aged disillusions in this witty story collection…In one sparkling comedy of manners after another, the author documents with a clear and affectionate ey ...
Publishers Weekly
[Sittenfeld's] perfectly contained stories are a joy for their realistically and mundanely fractured characters, moral ambiguities, movingly related moments, and the message that even the smallest tale offers ...
Booklist, starred review
Witty, zeitgeisty short stories, which are full of astute observations and characters so convincing that they feel immediately familiar… Her narrators' voices are funny, warm and informal ...
OBSERVER
Sittenfeld zooms in on urban Midwesterners dealing with middle-aged disillusions in this witty story collection…In one sparkling comedy of manners after another, the author documents with a clear and affectionate ey ...
Publishers Weekly
[Sittenfeld's] perfectly contained stories are a joy for their realistically and mundanely fractured characters, moral ambiguities, movingly related moments, and the message that even the smallest tale offers ...
Booklist, starred review
Witty, zeitgeisty short stories, which are full of astute observations and characters so convincing that they feel immediately familiar… Her narrators' voices are funny, warm and informal ...
OBSERVER
Sittenfeld zooms in on urban Midwesterners dealing with middle-aged disillusions in this witty story collection…In one sparkling comedy of manners after another, the author documents with a clear and affectionate ey ...
Publishers Weekly
[Sittenfeld's] perfectly contained stories are a joy for their realistically and mundanely fractured characters, moral ambiguities, movingly related moments, and the message that even the smallest tale offers ...
