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Summary
Razor-sharp, glittering collection of stories exploring marriage and female friendship, from the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of Romantic Comedy and American Wife.
'No-one else writes with such precision and amusement' RED MAGAZINE
In ‘Lost But Not Forgotten,’ Sittenfeld gives readers of her novel Prep a chance to see how our beloved character Lee Fiora is doing thirty years later, when she returns for an awkward school reunion. In ‘The Patron Saints of Middle Age,’ a woman looks up two best friends that she moved away from after her divorce. In ‘Creative Differences,’ a photographer from the mid-west quickly realizes that the ‘documentary’ she stars in is actually a commercial for a multi-national corporation. And in ‘The Marriage Clock,’ a Hollywood producer falls for a bestselling Christian self-help author while working on their film adaptation.
In these twelve dazzling stories, Sittenfeld skewers our assumptions about fame, marriage and celebrity. Laying bare on the page what we're all thinking but hesitate to say, she explores women's lives at the intersection of sex, love, ambition and the entangled pursuit of a fulfilling life.
'No-one else writes with such precision and amusement' RED MAGAZINE
In ‘Lost But Not Forgotten,’ Sittenfeld gives readers of her novel Prep a chance to see how our beloved character Lee Fiora is doing thirty years later, when she returns for an awkward school reunion. In ‘The Patron Saints of Middle Age,’ a woman looks up two best friends that she moved away from after her divorce. In ‘Creative Differences,’ a photographer from the mid-west quickly realizes that the ‘documentary’ she stars in is actually a commercial for a multi-national corporation. And in ‘The Marriage Clock,’ a Hollywood producer falls for a bestselling Christian self-help author while working on their film adaptation.
In these twelve dazzling stories, Sittenfeld skewers our assumptions about fame, marriage and celebrity. Laying bare on the page what we're all thinking but hesitate to say, she explores women's lives at the intersection of sex, love, ambition and the entangled pursuit of a fulfilling life.
Reviews
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 eye how tiny prejudices and blind spots lead her protagonists astray. These stories entertain and unsettle in equal measure.
Publishers Weekly
