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Games and rituals : stories / Katherine Heiny.
Van Pelt Library PS3608.E3823 G36 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heiny, Katherine, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Friendship--Fiction.
- Friendship.
- Families--Fiction.
- Families.
- Adultery--Fiction.
- Adultery.
- Divorce--Fiction.
- Divorce.
- Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
- Interpersonal relations.
- Love--Fiction.
- Love.
- Genre:
- Domestic fiction.
- Fiction.
- Humorous fiction.
- Short stories.
- Physical Description:
- 218 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
- Summary:
- "The beloved author of Early Morning Riser ("The funniest novel of the year." The Washington Post) brings us twelve glittering stories of love--friendships formed at the airport bar, ex-husbands with benefits, mothers of suspiciously sweet teenagers, ill-advised trysts--in all its forms, both ridiculous and sublime"-- Provided by publisher.
- The games and rituals performed by Katherine Heiny's characters range from mischievous and edgy to tenderly touching. In "Damascus," a mother fears her teenage son is making the same youthful mistakes she did, only to realize that he is wiser than she had understood. In "Twist and Shout," Ericka's elderly father mistakes his four-thousand-dollar hearing aid for a cashew. In "Turn Back, Turn Back," a bedtime story coupled with a receipt for a Starbucks babyccino reveal a struggling actor's deception. And in "561," Charlene pays the true price of infidelity when she is forced to help her husband's ex-wife move out of the family home. ("It's like you're North Korea and South Korea... But would North Korea help South Korea move?") From one of today's most accomplished bard's of modern life--of waking up in the wrong bed, wearing the wrong shoes, being late for the wrong job, but being loved by the right people--a fresh and satisfying work of glorious humor and immense kindness.
- Contents:
- Chicken-flavored and lemon-scented
- Damascus
- Twist and shout
- Turn back, turn back
- Games and rituals
- CobRa
- 561
- Pandemic behavior
- Bridesmaid, revisited
- King Midas
- Sky bar.
- Notes:
- "This is a Borzoi book." -- title page verso.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Heiny, Katherine. Games and rituals
- ISBN:
- 9780525659518
- 052565951X
- 9780593082737
- 0593082737
- OCLC:
- 1319082519
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