{"product_id":"collected-stories-of-lorrie-moore-introduction-by-lauren-groff-9780375712388","title":"Collected Stories of Lorrie Moore: Introduction by Lauren Groff","description":"\u003cb\u003eA beautiful hardcover edition of the collected stories of one of America's most revered and admired authors--originally published in the acclaimed collections \u003ci\u003eSelf-Help, Like Life, Birds of America, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBark\u003c\/i\u003e and including three additional stories excerpted from her novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoore is one of America's most revered writers, and this career-spanning collection showcases her exceptional talent for leavening tragedy with humor, for blending sorrow with subversive wit. Her keenly observed stories are peopled by a variety of lost souls--husbands, wives, lovers, tourists, professors, students, even a ghost--who are often grappling with pain or disappointment: a divorced man obsessed with self-help books, a washed-up Hollywood actress living in a hotel, a woman with a terminal illness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut however lovelorn or dislocated the characters--from the wisecracking wedding guest in \"Thank You for Having Me\" to the self-deluded musicians in \"Wings\" to the complicated parent-child pairs in \"How to Talk to Your Mother (Notes)\" and \"The Kid's Guide to Divorce\"--their stories are always grounded in insight and compassion. Moore's portraits of the parents of a seriously ill child in \"People Like That Are the Only People Here\" and of a woman haunted by guilt over the death of her friend's baby in \"Terrific Mother\" achieve a notably unsentimental and yet quietly devastating power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether moving or darkly funny, all of these pieces channel the messiness of the human condition through Moore's characteristically knowing, wry voice, and together they confirm her as a master of the short story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLORRIE MOORE is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English at Vanderbilt University. She is the recipient of a Lannan Foundation Fellowship, as well as the PEN\/Malamud Award and the Rea Award for her achievement in the short story. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLAUREN GROFF is the author of T\u003ci\u003ehe Monsters of Templeton, Arcadia, Delicate Edible Birds, Fates and Furies\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFlorida\u003c\/i\u003e. She has won the PEN\/O. Henry Award, has been a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and was named one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's 2017 Best Young American Novelists.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Everyman's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50647452975378,"sku":"9780375712388","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/collected-stories-of-lorrie-moore-introduction-by-lauren-groff-9780375712388","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}