pickThe characters are definitely characters, and Paley's dialogue is quite colorful, which makes this book of short stories something of an experience, even as I found it difficult to discern what the heck was going on at times.
This was a #Roll100 title from January.
After a frustrating day, I'm going to follow Camille's lead (although I'm going to try to finish one story from the tagged before I lose consciousness)(and I likely won't fall asleep perched on the back of the sofa).
What an odd little book this is! It's taking me a while to figure out how to read it (and not just because I didn't realize at first that it's short stories). We'll see how it hits me as I make more progress.
pickFinally read this battered copy I bought a few years back. These stories are about women and men AT love. That preposition matters. The settings are 1950s, urban, gritty. Think Marlon Brando yelling Stella! Single moms and deadbeat dads, wiley kids and absent parents, naive women and old lotharios, nymphets and crusty bachelors. The voice is strong in each. Paley has an ear for dialogue. Every story has a zinger sentence that rings with truth. 👇
These two Grace Paley books arrived today and I have to admit the #sobaditsgood covers were the main reason I decided to finally purchase them!
I'm yet to read them so can't really comment on the content but I'm certain there will be a #girlforallseasons in these short stories.
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"Itzik looked like Mr. Teitelbaum's uncle who had died of Jewishness in the epidemics of '40, '41."
"My husband gave me a broom one Christmas. This wasn't right. No one can tell me it was meant kindly."
"If there were a little more life in my sister, she would know my heart is a regular college of feelings and there is such information between my corset and me that her whole married life is a kindergarten."
Time to reorganize the bookshelves. Why yes, one of the best parts of being a teacher is summer vacation.
The Little Disturbances of Man | 
