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When friends tell me to pick a book for them to read that I really like, this is the one I give most often. Brilliant, wacko, kooky, sharp short stories from one of my favorite writers. Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:A National Book Critics Circle Award FinalistA New York Times Editors' ChoiceA Pulishers Weekly Best Book of the YearBirds of America is a stunning collection of twelve stories by Lorrie Moore, one of our finest authors at work today. With her characteristic wit and piercing intelligence she unfolds a series of portraits of the lost and unsettled of America, and with a trademark humor that fuels each story with pathos and understanding. Synopsis:From the author of "Self-Help" comes a bestselling collection of 12 stories which unfold a series of portraits of the lost and unsettled of America. About the AuthorLorrie Moore is the author of the story collections Like Life and Self-Help, and the novels Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? and Anagrams. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Best American Short Stories, and Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards. She is a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Willing Which Is More Than I Can Say About Some People Dance in America Community Life Agnes of lowa Charades Four Calling Birds, Three French Hens Beautiful Grade What You Want to Do Fine Real Estate People Like That Are the Only People Here: Canonical Babbling in Peed Onk Terrific Mother What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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