Best of Animals Paperback by Lauren Grodstein

Product Details

• Publisher: Persea Books (2004-07-20)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 224 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780892553051
• Item Weight: 199.58 grams
• Dimensions: 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 cm

The acclaimed first book by the author of the much anticipated new novel, Reproduction Is the Flaw of Love. This highly affecting debut story collection stars a cast of young men and women frozen in the headlights of oncoming adulthood. In nimble prose, Lauren Grodstein treats moments of human vulnerability with a smart mix of irony and compassion. Whether halfheartedly consolingand then fondlinga drunken friend after a breakup ("Lonely Planet") or trying to fill a dead mother's shoes at a father's birthday dinner ("Satellites or Airplanes"), the protagonists of these ten tales rarely say exactly what they mean or know exactly how they feel. Each has a propensity for social insecurity to which we can all relate, as we can to the public blunders and private triumphs that comprise their lives.

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