Show don't tell: stories
(Book)
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Published:
New York : Random House, ©2025.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Desc:
300 pages ; 25 cm
Status:
29 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
Description
"In her second story collection, Sittenfeld shows why she's as beloved for her short fiction as she is for her novels. In these dazzling stories, she conjures up characters so real that they seem like old friends, laying bare the moments when their long held beliefs are overturned. In "The Patron Saints of Middle Age," a woman visits two friends she hasn't seen since her divorce. In "A for Alone," a married middle-aged artist embarks on a creative project intended to disprove the so-called Mike Pence Rule, which suggests that women and men can't spend time alone without lusting after each other. And in "Lost but Not Forgotten," Sittenfeld gives readers of her novel, Prep, a window into the world of her beloved character Lee Fiora, decades later, when Lee attends an alumni reunion at her boarding school. Hilarious, thought-provoking, and full of tenderness for her characters, Sittenfeld's stories peel back layer after layer of our inner lives, keeping us riveted to the page with her utterly distinctive voice"--
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East Hampton New Adult Fiction
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Sittenfeld, Curtis (Show)
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Meriden Adult Fiction
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New Fiction Sittenfeld
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Fiction Sittenfeld, Curtis
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Old Lyme A Fiction
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Fiction Sittenfeld
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SITTENFELD
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9780593446737, 0593446739
Notes
Description
"In her second story collection, Sittenfeld shows why she's as beloved for her short fiction as she is for her novels. In these dazzling stories, she conjures up characters so real that they seem like old friends, laying bare the moments when their long held beliefs are overturned. In "The Patron Saints of Middle Age," a woman visits two friends she hasn't seen since her divorce. In "A for Alone," a married middle-aged artist embarks on a creative project intended to disprove the so-called Mike Pence Rule, which suggests that women and men can't spend time alone without lusting after each other. And in "Lost but Not Forgotten," Sittenfeld gives readers of her novel, Prep, a window into the world of her beloved character Lee Fiora, decades later, when Lee attends an alumni reunion at her boarding school. Hilarious, thought-provoking, and full of tenderness for her characters, Sittenfeld's stories peel back layer after layer of our inner lives, keeping us riveted to the page with her utterly distinctive voice"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Sittenfeld, C. (2025). Show don't tell: stories. First edition. Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Sittenfeld, Curtis. 2025. Show Don't Tell: Stories. Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Sittenfeld, Curtis, Show Don't Tell: Stories. Random House, 2025.
MLA Citation (style guide)Sittenfeld, Curtis. Show Don't Tell: Stories. First edition. Random House, 2025.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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