Honest, thoughtful, and passionate book reviews and recommendations.
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Kate Walbert’s She Was Like That is a wide-ranging collection of funny and observant short stories centered around woman- and motherhood.
Thank you to Scribner for sending me a free copy of this book!
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David Szalay’s Turbulence is a refreshingly approachable collection of short stories on the human desire to connect with others. The stories are centered around the cause and effect of small, happenstance interactions, and each story relates to the previous and the next.
Thank you to Scribner Books for sending me a free copy of this book!
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Amy Hempel’s Sing To It is a vivid and honest collection of short stories that captures the small moments of human existence.
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Polly Rosenwaike’s Look How Happy I’m Making You is a piercingly honest and realistic collection of fiction short stories about all things motherhood – or lack thereof.
Endless thanks to Doubleday for this free copy!
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Samanta Schweblin’s Mouthful of Birds is a bewildering collection of dark short stories covering a range of human states, such as brokenness, violence, depression, and fear.
