โ Scribed by Miriam Cohen
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"These shockingly insightful stories, riddled with breathtaking observation, are also, frequently, laugh out loud funny. Wisdom and hilarity are such a gorgeous couple, and Miriam Cohen makes the absolute most of this pairing. Evocative of Lorrie Moore at her sharpest best, Cohen's is still an entirely new and very welcome voice." --Robin Black , author of Life Drawing and If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This_
"In Adults and Other Children , Miriam Cohen renders the minds of children with such vivid intensity and imagination that I couldn't help but see our world anew. The stories take us on a journey of familiar terrain--a daughter coming to terms with her parents' divorce, sisters about to lose their mother, a new boy in school--in an unfamiliar and unflinchingly honest way, allowing us to better understand the messy and complicated relationships of our lives. Absorbing, magical, sinister and yet surprisingly sweet, I'll be...
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