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A provocative anthology of seventeen original essays in the tradition of The Bitch in the House includes contributions by such figures as Michael Chabon, Kathryn Harrison, and Martha McPhee. 30,000 first printing.
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Ilena Silverman is a story editor at The New York Times Magazine. She worked previously at GQ and Harper's magazines and is the co-editor of What Counts: The Complete Harper's Index.
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In spite of its funny title and occasional humor, this anthology of in-law stories is quite serious. For every gleeful in-law basher (e.g., Ayelet Waldman, acknowledging what a bad mother-in-law she intends to be; and Amy Bloom, cheerfully explaining why she hates her partner's parents), there's a strong representation of in-law lovers. There's Martha McPhee, who wishes hers hadn't died before she'd known them; Peter Richmond, who came to know his wife better by knowing her mother; and Barbara Jones, who realized her tyrannical father-in-law regretted his poor parenting and was actually a devoted grandfather. For many, having in-laws from another culture—Jewish, Japanese, African-American—is unexpectedly rewarding. In-laws often don't respect boundaries, but sometimes they're beloved precisely because they're emotional and overinvolved—people can be attracted to the parents they never had. Indeed, some in-laws become dear in spite of the trouble they cause, as in Colin Harrison's luminous account of caring for wife Kathryn's grandmother. While there's a lot of death in this collection—people seem to experience in-laws mostly in their passing—there's wit, wisdom and great writing, too. (Jan.)
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