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This Is Not Chick Lit
This Is Not Chick Lit: Original Stories by America's Best Women Writers* *(No heels required) | Elizabeth Merrick
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New short stories from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Aimee Bender Judy Budnitz Jennifer S. Davis Jennifer Egan Carolyn Ferrell Mary Gordon Cristina Henrquez Samantha Hunt Binnie Kirshenbaum Dika Lam Caitlin Macy Francine Prose Holiday Reinhorn Roxana Robinson Curtis Sittenfeld Lynne Tillman Martha Witt Chick lit: A genre of fiction that often recycles the following plot: Girl in big city desperately searches for Mr. Right in between dieting and shopping for shoes. Girl gets dumped (sometimes repeatedly). Girl finds Prince Charming. This Is Not Chick Lit is a celebration of Americas most dynamic literary voices, as well as a much needed reminder that, for every stock protagonist with a designer handbag and three boyfriends, there is a woman writer pushing the envelope of literary fiction with imagination, humor, and depth. The original short stories in this collection touch on some of the same themes as chick litthe search for love and identitybut they do so with extraordinary power, creativity, and range; they are also political, provocative, and, at turns, utterly surprising. Featuring marquee names as well as burgeoning talents, This Is Not Chick Lit will nourish your heart, and your mind. This Is Not Chick Lit is important not only for its content, but for its title. Ill know were getting somewhere when equally talented male writers feel they have to separate themselves from the endless stream of fiction glorifying war, hunting and sports by naming an anthology This Is Not a Guy Thing. Gloria Steinem These voices, diverse and almost eerily resonant, offer us a refreshing breath of womanhood-untamed, ungroomed, and unglossed.ELLE From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Krysta
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Really liked this book. Some stories were better than others, but all were ready effective and honest and stuck with me.

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Krysta
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Just started this but really liking the collection so far

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EliNeedsMoreShelves
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Who DOESN'T want a collection that includes Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Francine Prose, Curtis Sittenfeld, and Jennifer Egan together in one volume?? #shortstories #readingwomenmonth

kdwinchester I need this in my life. 7y
EliNeedsMoreShelves @kdwinchester indeed you do. It's pretty fantastic. 7y
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CynCruz23
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An extremely diverse collection of real experiences, real thoughts, real dreams - just real life without apology, without any attempts to make it attractive. I enjoyed reading each story slowly and savoring each sentence. Refreshing and poignant 🌟9/10

BookishFeminist Love the title! 8y
CynCruz23 @BookishFeminist me too!! One of those books you have to just have when you read the title 😁 sometimes it doesn't work out but this one totally did! Do you know any other good fiction feminist short story collections? 8y
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