{"product_id":"collected-stories-of-lorrie-moore-lorrie-moore-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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lorrie Moore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375712380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375712388\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Everyman's Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 776\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.00w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2020 pg. 31","brand":"Lorrie Moore","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44049896931583,"sku":"9780375712388","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5f5a97aa-49c0-4d34-bdaf-70e88cd50a79.jpg?v=1685004034","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/collected-stories-of-lorrie-moore-lorrie-moore-9780375712388","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}