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Show Don't Tell: Stories
Show Don't Tell: Stories | Curtis Sittenfeld
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A funny, fiercely intelligent, and moving collection exploring marriage, friendship, fame, and artistic ambition--including a story that revisits the main character from Curtis Sittenfeld's iconic novel Prep--from the New York Times bestselling author of Eligible and Romantic Comedy "[Sittenfeld's] perfectly contained stories are a joy."--Booklist, starred reviewIn her second story collection, Sittenfeld shows why she's as beloved for her short fiction as she is for her novels. In these dazzling stories, she conjures up characters so real that they seem like old friends, laying bare the moments when their long held beliefs are overturned. In "The Patron Saints of Middle Age," a woman visits two friends she hasn't seen since her divorce. In "A for Alone," a married artist embarks on a creative project intended to disprove the so-called Mike Pence Rule, which suggests that women and men can't spend time alone together without lusting after each other. And in "Lost but Not Forgotten," Sittenfeld gives readers of her novel Prep a window into the world of her beloved character Lee Fiora, decades later, when Lee attends an alumni reunion at her boarding school. Hilarious, thought-provoking, and full of tenderness for her characters, Sittenfeld's stories peel back layer after layer of our inner lives, keeping us riveted to the page with her utterly distinctive voice.
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Lesliereadsalot
Show Don't Tell: Stories | Curtis Sittenfeld
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I used to really like Curtis Sittenfeld. I thought her first two books were amazing, Prep and Rodham. But ever since then…meh. I dutifully start each one but then disappointment sets in. This is a short story collection. Read the first three, didn‘t get any of them, bailed. Maybe they‘ll speak to someone else, but it wasn‘t me.

Cathythoughts I remember really enjoying American Wife. But then I got excited and bought another couple of hers … not as good at all ! 1d
Lesliereadsalot Forgot about American Wife! It was really good too. @Cathythoughts 1d
Ruthiella I loved Prep and liked American Wife and Romantic Comedy. I didn‘t like Sisterland. So she‘s hit or miss for me. 20h
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Lesliereadsalot The misses are adding up for me! @Ruthiella 19h
BarbaraBB That‘s quite the warning. I feel the same about her but haven‘t read this one yet. I did love her other short story collection 7h
Lesliereadsalot I feel, with a short story collection, at least the first few should grab you. At least the first one! Maybe there would be some good ones later on, but she lost me. @BarbaraBB 4h
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VRM1975
Show Don't Tell: Stories | Curtis Sittenfeld
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angieinwonderland
Show Don't Tell: Stories | Curtis Sittenfeld
Panpan

At the end of every story, I asked "and?", "so?" They were character driven and mostly mundane. The writing kept me plowing through but there were a few stories I read diagonally.

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Michellesibs
Show Don't Tell: Stories | Curtis Sittenfeld
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Pickpick

I'm not normally one for short story collections but I'd never read from Curtis Sittenfeld before and this seemed like a good way to sample their work.

And it was.

I really loved the writing style and will definitely be checking out the full length novels.

I enjoyed every story in the collection to varying degrees.

Stand outs would be A for Alone, White Women LOL and Patron Saints for Middle Age.

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vlwelser
Show Don't Tell: Stories | Curtis Sittenfeld
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Pickpick

I always think this author is writing about herself when she does short stories. I kind of like it.

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

Pub date is 2/25/25 (😂 cutting it close there)
#ARC #Netgalley

BarbaraBB I‘ve been eagerly looking forward to this one. I have preordered it but haven‘t received it yet 1mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1mo
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Bookwormjillk
Show Don't Tell: Stories | Curtis Sittenfeld
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Pickpick

I requested this ARC from Net Galley because it has a follow up to Prep, one of my favorite books of my early adulthood. I enjoyed all of the stories though. They were very Sittenfeld, so if you like this author you‘ll probably enjoy them too. This book comes out next week.

BarbaraBB I‘ve been looking forward to this one. I loved (edited) 2mo
Bookwormjillk @BarbaraBB I haven‘t read that one yet. I will soon though since I enjoyed this one so much. 2mo
Lesliereadsalot I‘ve always loved her! 2mo
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