Who I Was Supposed to Be Short Stories |
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| Author:
| Perabo, Susan |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7432-1324-0 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2001 |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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"Both sardonic and moving...Perabo clearly recalls how to hit home runs." --The New York Times Book Review "A stunning collection of short gems, revealing a world both foreign and familiar." --Chicago Tribune Behind every face in
Who I Was Supposed to Be is a singular quirk to explore, a peculiarity to celebrate. In Susan Perabo's world, nothing can be taken for granted: here, a retired grocer takes up jewel theft in his...
More Description "Both sardonic and moving...Perabo clearly recalls how to hit home runs." --The New York Times Book Review
"A stunning collection of short gems, revealing a world both foreign and familiar." --Chicago Tribune
Behind every face in Who I Was Supposed to Be is a singular quirk to explore, a peculiarity to celebrate. In Susan Perabo's world, nothing can be taken for granted: here, a retired grocer takes up jewel theft in his twilight years; a data processor squanders her inheritance on one of Princess Diana's gowns; a mugging victim feigns amnesia to win back his wife.
In the tradition of Lorrie Moore, Susan Perabo's slightly off-center lens looks hard at the banal and the bizarre, and at the human condition, where she finds extraordinary magic within the smallest of gestures. Sharply written and overlaid with a mischievous wit, Who I Was Supposed to Be is an unforgettable homage to laughter, love, and wonder.