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Lädt ... Say Something Nice About Me (2018. Auflage)von Sara Schaff (Autor)
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In the twelve stories in this engrossing collection, Sara Schaff introduces us to characters at turning points in their lives; in doing so, she charts the way we take risks—or create illusions—in the face of the unknown. A newly blended family’s vacation is upended by one daughter’s mythmaking and another’s eagerness to believe her. A young couple on the verge of breaking up take one last trip together, only to have their reconciliation disrupted by uninvited guests. A woman faces accusations of theft by the very people who think they have saved her from a troubled past. In beautiful prose that is sometimes dark, sometimes humorous, Schaff ’s stories grapple with class, sexuality, and relationships in ways that feel revelatory and yet deeply true. Awkward, flawed, and hopeful, these characters’ stories hum with the regrets and desires that drive us—sometimes closer to our goals, sometimes heartbreakingly further away. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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This is an interesting collection of stories. I'm not sure exactly the big picture message of this collection was supposed to be, but for me a theme that stuck out in the stories was that of ghosts. Some of them literal, most of them not. Each story had a ghost of some kind: ghosts of the past, ghosts of strange family dynamics, ghosts of life unlived, of the path not taken, of former friendships.
There are also some recurring characters throughout the collection, but the connection between the first stories they appeared in and the subsequent ones was lost on me. ( )