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She was like that : new and selected stories / Kate Walbert.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Scribner, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First Scribner hardcover editionDescription: ix, 241 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781476799421
  • 1476799423
Uniform titles:
  • Short stories. Selections
Related works:
  • Container of (work): Walbert, Kate, 1961- M&M World
  • Container of (work): Walbert, Kate, 1961- Blue hour
  • Container of (work): Walbert, Kate, 1961- Playdate
  • Container of (work): Walbert, Kate, 1961- Esperanza
  • Container of (work): Walbert, Kate, 1961- To do
  • Container of (work): Walbert, Kate, 1961- Paris, 1994
  • Container of (work): Walbert, Kate, 1961- Mother is someone who tells jokes
  • Container of (work): Walbert, Kate, 1961- Conversation
  • Container of (work): Walbert, Kate, 1961- Slow the heart
  • Container of (work): Walbert, Kate, 1961- Do something
  • Container of (work): Walbert, Kate, 1961- Radical feminists
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
M&M World -- The blue hour -- Playdate -- Esperanza -- To do -- Paris, 1994 -- A mother is someone who tells jokes -- Conversation -- She was like that -- Slow the heart -- Do something -- Radical feminists.
Summary: "In these twelve deft, acutely funny and often heartbreaking stories, Kate Walbert delves into the hearts and minds of women. Her characters are searchers, uneasy in one way or another. They yearn for connection. They question the definitions assigned to them as wives, mothers, and daughters; they seek their own way within isolated, and often isolating, circumstances, reveling in small, everyday epiphanies and moments of clarity. In the riveting opening story 'M&M World', a woman is plunged into panic when she briefly loses one of her daughters at the vast and over-stimulating Times Square store. In 'Slow the Heart'. a single mother tries to ease tension at the dinner table with Roses and Thorns, the game she knows the Obamas played in the White House. In 'Radical Feminists', a woman skating with her two children encounters the man who derailed her career years earlier. And in the poignant, 'A Mother Is Someone Who Tells Jokes', a mother reflects on the nursery school project that preceded her son's autism diagnosis."--Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction Walbert, Kate Available 33111009548393
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A NEW YORK TIMES 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2019 SELECTION

From Kate Walbert, the highly acclaimed, National Book Award nominee, comes a dazzling, career-spanning collection of new and selected stories.

In these twelve deft, acutely funny and often heartbreaking stories, Kate Walbert delves into the hearts and minds of women. Her characters are searchers, uneasy in one way or another. They yearn for connection. They question the definitions assigned to them as wives, mothers, and daughters; they seek their own way within isolated, and often isolating, circumstances, reveling in small, everyday epiphanies and moments of clarity.

In the riveting opening story "M&M World," a woman is plunged into panic when she briefly loses one of her daughters at the vast and over-stimulating Times Square store. In "Slow the Heart," a single mother tries to ease tension at the dinner table with Roses and Thorns, the game she knows the Obamas played in the White House. In "Radical Feminists," a woman skating with her two children encounters the man who derailed her career years earlier. And in the poignant, "A Mother Is Someone Who Tells Jokes," a mother reflects on the nursery school project that preceded her son's autism diagnosis. This is a deeply moving, resonant collection from a writer "rightly celebrated for her ability to capture the variety and vulnerability of women's lives with a combination of lyricism and brawn" (NPR).

M&M World -- The blue hour -- Playdate -- Esperanza -- To do -- Paris, 1994 -- A mother is someone who tells jokes -- Conversation -- She was like that -- Slow the heart -- Do something -- Radical feminists.

"In these twelve deft, acutely funny and often heartbreaking stories, Kate Walbert delves into the hearts and minds of women. Her characters are searchers, uneasy in one way or another. They yearn for connection. They question the definitions assigned to them as wives, mothers, and daughters; they seek their own way within isolated, and often isolating, circumstances, reveling in small, everyday epiphanies and moments of clarity. In the riveting opening story 'M&M World', a woman is plunged into panic when she briefly loses one of her daughters at the vast and over-stimulating Times Square store. In 'Slow the Heart'. a single mother tries to ease tension at the dinner table with Roses and Thorns, the game she knows the Obamas played in the White House. In 'Radical Feminists', a woman skating with her two children encounters the man who derailed her career years earlier. And in the poignant, 'A Mother Is Someone Who Tells Jokes', a mother reflects on the nursery school project that preceded her son's autism diagnosis."--Provided by publisher.

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