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Back talk: stories

โœ Scribed by Danielle Lazarin


Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Year
2018
Tongue
en-US
Weight
147 KB
Category
Fiction

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โœฆ Synopsis


"Beautifully crafted . . . the sentences in these stories are living and seamless, as if Lazarin had run her hand over them until they became smooth and gleaming with the evidence of her touch." โ€”Carmen Maria Machado, The New York Times Book Review
From an award-winning writer, a stunning collection of stories about women's unexpressed desires and needs, and the unexpected ways they resurface

In "Floor Plans," a woman at the end of her marriage tests her power when she inadvertently befriends the neighbor trying to buy her apartment. In "Appetite," a sixteen-year old grieving her mother's death experiences first love and questions how much more heartbreak she and her family can endure. In "Dinosaurs," a recent widower and a young babysitter help each other navigate how much they have to giveโ€”and how much they can takeโ€”from the people around them.

Through stories that are at once empathetic and unexpected, these women and...


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