Women and Children First : Stories
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Francine Prose's first collection of stories displays her gift for revealing the mysteries and contradictions at the heart of contemporary life.
A young woman, disappointed by her lover, discovers that "what you'd hoped was the start of your life could turn out to be a scene from someone else's porn movie." A college professor is disturbed by his attraction to the physical therapist caring for his dying father. A Manhattan gallery owner baby-sitting her infant nephew watches herself pretending to be her suburban housewife sister.
With wit and compassion, Prose's collection reminds us that nothing is as we've foreseen ... not even our own desires.
Francine Prose is the author of fourteen books of fiction, including A Changed Man. Her most recent book is Caravaggio, an account of the life and work of one of the greatest painters of all time. Francine Prose has received numerous grants and awards, including Guggenheim and Fulbright Fellowships, and was a Director's Fellow at the Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library. She lives in New York City.
Women and Children First: Stories,Francine Prose,Harper Perennial,0060507284,20th century,Fiction,Fiction - General,Literary,Prose, Francine - Prose & Criticism,Short Stories (single author),Social life and customs,United States,Fiction / General
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