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You Think It, I'll Say It

  • Imprint: Black Swan

  • ISBN: 9781784164409

  • Length: 288  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 18mm x 127mm

  • Weight: 199g

  • RRP: £8.99

You Think It, I'll Say It

  • Ten scorching stories of self-deception by the Sunday Times bestselling author

A dazzling, smart and razor-sharp story collection by Curtis Sittenfeld, Sunday Times bestselling author of Rodham and American Wife.

The theme that unites these stories is how even the cleverest people tend to misread others, and how much we all deceive ourselves.

Sharp and tender, funny and wise, they show Sittenfeld's knack for creating real, believable characters that spring off the page, while also skewering contemporary mores with brilliant dry wit.

'DO-OVER', ONE OF THE STORIES IN THIS COLLECTION, WAS SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 SUNDAY TIMES EFG SHORT STORY AWARD.

  • Imprint: Black Swan

  • ISBN: 9781784164409

  • Length: 288  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 18mm x 127mm

  • Weight: 199g

  • RRP: £8.99

Reviews

  • Each of these stories could be expanded into a blockbusting novel. There is no writer alive who inhabits her characters so knowingly, or is able to send up contemporary attitudes and mores as expertly...clever, funny, revealing and a joy to read.

    Evening Standard

  • A strong collection about false assumptions and double standards...in these 11 social comedies, whose preoccupations - gender dynamics, celebrity, class, envy and disenchantment - are at once universal and yet specific to the moment we are living through...You Think It, I'll Say It has caught the attention of Reese Witherspoon, who plans to turn it into a comedy series starring Kristen Wiig. Smart move.

    The Times

  • I so loved this collection. One of my favourite books of last year.

    David Nicholls

  • Has a rare and magical combination of accessibility, wit, and serious thinking. Sittenfeld was shortlisted for this year's Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award, and she demonstrates these qualities again in this deft short story collection... Impossible to put down...She is saying what we are thinking.

    Sunday Times

  • The stories in You Think It, I’ll Say It feel so contemporary that we might worry they will date – except we’ll want a record of these times. We may be grateful for authors who chose to set their work in this exact political moment, when few Americans can maintain personal relationships across the Trump divide...The immediacy of these stories makes them effortlessly enjoyable to slide into, like new garments so comfortable that you decide to wear them out of the shop.

    Lionel Shriver, Financial Times

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About the Author

Curtis Sittenfeld

Curtis Sittenfeld is the author of the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling Rodham. Other novels include American Wife and Prep, both bestsellers and longlisted for the Orange Prize, The Man of My Dreams, Sisterland, Eligible, and the acclaimed short story collections You Think It, I'll Say It and Help Yourself. Her stories have appeared in the New Yorker, Esquire, Oprah Magazine and the New York Times magazine. Sittenfeld was also the guest editor for the 2020 Best American Short Stories anthology. She lives with her family in the American Midwest. Follow her on Twitter @CSittenfeld

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Events

Curtis Sittenfeld in conversation with Hadley Freeman
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Where to start reading Curtis Sittenfeld's books

You might know she's written an alternate history of Hillary Rodham Clinton's life, but which of Curtis Sittenfeld's books do you read next? Follow our guide.
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Extracts

The Nominee: a short story about Hillary Clinton

In this warm and wholly believable short story from Curtis Sittenfeld’s collection You Think It, I’ll Say It, Hillary Clinton reflects upon a razor-sharp female journalist who she has sparred with for many years.

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