TY  - BOOK
AU  - McGraw,Erin
TI  - Joy: and 52 other very short stories 
SN  - 9781640092082
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Berkeley, California
PB  - Counterpoint
KW  - Short stories, American
KW  - Life change events
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Introspection
KW  - Short stories
KW  - lcgft
N1  - America -- Comfort (1) -- Comfort (2) -- Compliments -- The tenth student -- Second sight -- Phantom -- Cloth -- Friendship -- Hallelujah day -- Haircut -- Rock and roll -- L.A. -- Before -- Spice -- Learning -- Hope -- Breaking glass -- Sympathy -- Ava Gardner goes home -- Law and order -- Love -- Management -- Snitch -- Edits -- Hello from an old friend -- Cat -- Nobody happy -- Soup (1) -- Soup (2) -- Soup (3) -- Song -- Fat -- Pebble -- Pariah -- Priest -- Artist -- Parable -- Happiness -- Dogs -- Job -- Wedding gown -- Joy -- Peru -- Necropolis -- Honor -- Bucket (1) -- Bucket (2) -- Cliché -- Nutcracker -- Stingers -- Teeth -- Prayer
N2  - "Claire Messud described Erin McGraw's last collection of stories as "at once laugh-out-loud funny and utterly serious, [exploring] life's profundity through its details." This is even more true with McGraw's new collection, Joy. In these very short stories, narrators step out of themselves to explain their lives to us, sometimes defensively, sometimes regretfully, other times deceitfully. Voices include those of the impulsive first-time murderer, the depressed pet sitter, the assistant of Patsy Cline, the anxiety-riddled new mother, the aged rock-and-roller, the girlfriend of your husband--human beings often (incredibly) unaware of the turning points staring them in the face. Crossing time, states, class, and religions, McGraw's stories are on the edge, causing you to wince even as you laugh. And McGraw will draw you to a deep need to read some sentences aloud--a sweet voice, a shrewd insight, some uneasy charm."--
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