It's funny, shrewd and heartbreaking-often all three at once." -AARP The Magazine, "Like Chekhov, Smith can lay out a world of social and personal connections in a few pages.
Her new collection, mingling seven previously published short stories with seven new pieces, offers a marvelous panorama of Smith's achievement over four decades. Ite(tm)s funny, shrewd, and heartbreakinge"often all three at once.e e" AARP magazine, "Smith's heroines find strength in the moments that push us all forward." - People magazine - People Magazine, "Like Chekhov, Smith can lay out a world of social and personal connections in a few pages. A southern-fried charmer! - Family Circle, eoeA marvelous panorama of Smithe(tm)s achievement over four decades. Smith's book, you suspect, is the one those club members would sneak under their bedcovers to read by penlight." - New York Times Book Review - New York Times Book Review, Smith's character-driven tales are funny, touching and resonant, with a quirky honesty. A southern-fried charmer! " Family Circle, "Smith also has a soft spot for incorrigibles like the dyspeptic ex-writer of "House Tour," who resists playing reindeer games with the local philistines at Christmas, or the former teacher in "The Happy Memories Club," who refuses to placate an amateur writing group that appears to prefer its fare upbeat and scrubby-clean.
" AARP magazine, SSmith "s character-driven tales are funny, touching and resonant, with a quirky honesty. It "s funny, shrewd, and heartbreaking "often all three at once. Smith offers the grit of the domestic scene, the power of the written word, and the transcendent beauty of women as friends, lovers, daughters and mothers., SA marvelous panorama of Smith "s achievement over four decades. A southern-fried charmer!" - Family Circle, Lee Smith has long had a reputation as a master of the short story, and her new collection. "Smith's character-driven tales are funny, touching, and resonant, with a quirky honesty.
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