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You Are Not a Stranger Here
You Are Not a Stranger Here: Stories | Adam Haslett
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In his bestselling and lavishly praised first book of stories, Adam Haslett explores lives that appear shuttered by loss and discovers entire worlds hidden inside them. The impact is at once harrowing and thrilling. An elderly inventor, burning with manic creativity, tries to reconcile with his estranged gay son. A bereaved boy draws a thuggish classmate into a relationship of escalating guilt and violence. A genteel middle-aged woman, a long-time resident of a psychiatric hospital, becomes the confidante of a lovelorn teenaged volunteer. Told with Chekhovian restraint and compassion, and conveying both the sorrow of life and the courage with which people rise to meet it, You Are Not a Stranger Here is a triumph of storytelling. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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RealBooks4ever
RealBooks4ever
You Are Not a Stranger Here: Stories | Adam Haslett
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I think this may be the best collection of short stories that I have ever read. I‘m stunned! I have no words to describe the words that Haslett has used to transport me to other places. Exquisite? Perfect? I give up. Thanks for the rec @Liberty !

Tanisha_A Just read the blurb. Sounds something I'd like to read. Stacked! 6y
RealBooks4ever @Tanisha_A Hope you enjoy it as much as I did! 💜 6y
BarbaraBB Stacked! 6y
Leftcoastzen I loved one of his other books
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RealBooks4ever @Leftcoastzen Will definitely read more of his work! 6y
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Heatheringheights
Heatheringheights
You Are Not a Stranger Here: Stories | Adam Haslett
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Pickpick

Starting from the rollicking punch that begins this story collection you know that with Haslett you are in masterful hands. Although his ability to render the lives of those with mental illness as both comical and tragic stands out, his gifts are no less apparent when treating matters of loss, sibling bonds, or even the supernatural. I must read everything he has written. #shortfiction #mentalillness #teaandbooks

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anrobe
anrobe
You Are Not a Stranger Here: Stories | Adam Haslett
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Just started this one and it's amazing so far!

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ramyasbookshelf
ramyasbookshelf
You Are Not a Stranger Here: Stories | Adam Haslett
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I'm ready to see what the hype is all about. I've heard nothing but good things about this short story collection. Any of you have any opinions to share?

BooksForEmpathy I just read his newest book and loved it. I think I want to read more - please wrote a review of this! 9y
ramyasbookshelf @BooksForEmpathy I'm about halfway through. The stories deal with aging, illness (mainly mental) and loneliness.. Strong themes and very well written. Kinda on the darker side. I can't see it going bad after this. 9y
BooksForEmpathy Write* 9y
BooksForEmpathy And thank you! I was strongly moved by his depictions of mental illness and how lonely that experience is in the newest book...and so this collection seems perfect. I like the darker side of things... 9y
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eris404
eris404
You Are Not a Stranger Here: Stories | Adam Haslett
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"You're beautiful," she says.
He glances back along the corridor, then down at the floor. "That's cool," he mutters.

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