Women and Children First

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Women and Children First

Stories

Fiction: general and literary Short stories

Author: Francine Prose

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Language: English

Published by: Open Road Media

Published on: 24th September 2013

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 2 Mb

ISBN: 9781480445079


Quote

Reading [this book] is like driving down the road with a companion who is so smart and funny and insightful that her conversation transforms the landscape

Jane Smiley, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of A Thousand Acres

About the Stories

The twelve "meticulously observed" stories of Women and Children First showcase New York Times–bestselling author and National Book Award finalist Francine Prose at her finest—offering a glimpse into the lives of men and women searching for connection and meaning in a world that often seems pre-programmed for absurdity

Reviews

The New York Times

An adult daughter struggling to understand her father''s newfound Hasidic faith, an alcoholic trying to improve himself by fasting, a housewife enrolled in the New Consciousness Academy, a French literature professor who''s begun to fear Madame Bovary, and a young woman seeking direction from a Tibetan master in the company of neurotic, overeager followers—these are the achingly, hilariously real people who inhabit these "wise and witty" stories

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