The author's first book. Ten sharply effective stories by a young writer who transforms her insights into the anxieties, loneliness and defenses of stranded women into fresh, intelligent, witty and entertaining fiction. A fine copy in a near fine jacket (slight sunning to spine).

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Title

SELF-HELP. Stories

Publisher

Knopf, New York

Publication Date

1985

Language

English

ISBN 10

0394539214

ISBN 13

9780394539218

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First edition.

Dust Jacket Condition

Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

These ten short stories focus on women who are on the brink of loneliness--their mothers are dying, their husbands and lovers are leaving them--and who face their disappointments with anxiety laced with ironic humor

About the Author

Lorrie Moore, after many years as a professor of creative writing at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is now Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English at Vanderbilt University. Moore has received honors for her work, among them the Irish Times International Prize for Literature and a Lannan Foundation fellowship, as well as the PEN/Malamud Award and the Rea Award for her achievement in the short story. Her novel A Gate at the Stairs was shortlisted for the 2010 Orange Prize for Fiction and for the PEN/Faulkner Award.

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