Always Happy Hour
Stories
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, [2017]
Format: Book
Edition: First Edition.
Description: 244 pages ; 22 cm
"Acerbic and ruefully funny, [this book] weaves tales of young women-- deeply flawed and intensely real-- who struggle to get out of their own way. They love to drink and have sex; they make bad decisions with men who either love them too much or too little; and they haunt a Southern terrain of gas stations, public pools, and dive bars. Though each character shoulders the weight of her own baggage-- whether it's a string of horrible exes, a boyfriend with an annoying child, or an inability to be genuinely happy for a best friend-- they are united in their unrelenting suspicion that they deserve better. These women seek understanding in the most unlikely places: a dilapidated foster home where love is a liability in "Big Bad Love," a trailer park littered with a string of bad decisions in "Uphill," and the unfamiliar corners of a dream home purchased with the winnings of a bitter divorce settlement in "Charts." Taking a microscope to delicate patterns of love and intimacy, Miller evokes the reticent love among the misunderstood, the gritty comfort in bad habits that can't be broken, and the beat-by-beat minutiae of fated relationships."--Amazon.com
Contents:
Instructions -- The house on Main Street -- Proper order -- At one time this was the longest covered walkway in the world -- Big bad love -- Uphill -- Dirty -- He says I am a little oven -- Where all of the beautiful people go -- Love apples -- Hamilton pool -- Always happy hour -- Little bear -- First class -- Charts -- The 37.
Subjects:
Young women -- Fiction.
Short stories, American.
Short stories, American.
Authors, American -- Southern states.
Young women -- Fiction.
Short stories, American.
Short stories, American.
Authors, American -- Southern states.
ISBN:
9781631492181
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Miller | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |