"Wise and funny . . . A] near-perfect collection."
--Entertainment Weekly
Rebecca Lee, one of our most gifted and original short story writers, guides readers into a range of landscapes, both foreign and domestic, crafting stories as rich as novels. A student plagiarizes a paper and holds fast to her alibi until she finds herself complicit in the resurrection of one professor's shadowy past. A dinner party becomes the occasion for the dissolution of more than one marriage. A woman is hired to find a wife for the one true soulmate she's ever found. In all, Rebecca Lee traverses the terrain of infidelity, obligation, sacrifice, jealousy, and yet finally, optimism. Showing people at their most vulnerable, Lee creates characters so wonderfully flawed, so driven by their desire, so compelled to make sense of their human condition, that it's impossible not to feel for them when their fragile belief in romantic love, domestic bliss, or academic seclusion fails to provide them with the sort of force field they'd expected.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Published: 06/11/2013
ISBN: 9781616201739
Pages: 212
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.30w x 0.90d
Award: Discover Great New Writers - Third Place
Award: Story Prize - Finalist
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 04/29/2013
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2013
Booklist 06/01/2013 pg. 28
Shelf Awareness 06/18/2013
New York Times Book Review 07/21/2013 pg. 7
New York Times Book Review 07/28/2013 pg. 22
