Synopses & Reviews
Brazen and sharp-witted, Merin Wexlers linked stories document women and teenagers caught in the pivotal conflicts of their lives. A new mother finds herself inexplicably drawn to the local porn shop, her baby strapped to her chest. A career mom decides to have a second child to keep her nanny. A teenaged babysitter sleeps with the dad to get closer to the mom. The glamorous proprietress of the summerhouse next door takes advantage of her infatuated teenage neighbor to suppress her feelings of estrangement from her indifferent husband. Wickedly funny and unsettling,
Save Yourself is a work of startling insight by a gifted young writer.
Review
"Fascinating...The author makes life crises hilarious and painful at the same time."--
The New York Observer"Observant...wonderously written."--Kirkus Reviews
"Crisp...Sharp, wry and darkly funny, these stories show off a seductive, talented new voice."--Publishers Weekly
"The wonderful characters who inhabit Save Yourself are both burdened and enlivened by their addiction to the guilty pleasures of life...Edgy, and smart."--Antonya Nelson, author of Female Trouble
Synopsis
Brazen and sharp-witted, Wexler's stories document women and teenagers caught in the pivotal conflicts of their lives. Wickedly funny and unsettling, SAVE YOURSELF is a work of startling insight by a gifted young writer.
About the Author
Merin Wexler graduated from Harvard and Oxford Universities, and she earned her MFA from the Warren Wilson Program for Writers. She lives in New York City where she is currently writing a novel forthcoming from St. Martins Press.