Member Review
Review by
Tracey B, Reviewer
The only work I’ve ever read by Curtis Sittenfeld is Romantic Comedy, which I thoroughly enjoyed. So, I was looking forward to reading this collection of stories. They didn’t disappoint.
The collection offers piercing insights into marriage, friendship, choices, relationships, and who we are at our core. With gentleness and humor, Sittenfeld urges a reader to slow down and reflect, to give thoughtful pause to the stuff of everyday life. There’s a poignancy to her characters, who struggle—as we all do—with conflicts about who they want to be versus who they are. Messy, imperfect, vulnerable people navigating through messy, imperfect lives—what’s not to love?
The fact that the main character in Sittenfeld’s novel Prep appears in the story “Lost but Not Forgotten” is a fun bonus for the author’s fans. (Go ahead, guess which book I’m reading next.)
Thank you to Penguin Random House and NetGalley for an advance reader copy.
The collection offers piercing insights into marriage, friendship, choices, relationships, and who we are at our core. With gentleness and humor, Sittenfeld urges a reader to slow down and reflect, to give thoughtful pause to the stuff of everyday life. There’s a poignancy to her characters, who struggle—as we all do—with conflicts about who they want to be versus who they are. Messy, imperfect, vulnerable people navigating through messy, imperfect lives—what’s not to love?
The fact that the main character in Sittenfeld’s novel Prep appears in the story “Lost but Not Forgotten” is a fun bonus for the author’s fans. (Go ahead, guess which book I’m reading next.)
Thank you to Penguin Random House and NetGalley for an advance reader copy.
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