A debut collection of short fiction examines the richly varied lives of modern-day women--Greta, a cookbook editor; Nancy, a troubled nine-year-old girl; Delia, an abused wife; and others--in seven intriguing portraits of women of different ages and classes as they deal with fate, motherhood, infidelity, desperation, and other challenges of life. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.
(less)A debut collection of short fiction examines the richly varied lives of modern-day women--Greta, a cookbook editor; Nancy, a troubled nine-year-old girl; Delia, an abused wife; and others--in seven intriguing portraits of women of different
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