Radical Empathy - Robin Romm
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"In this new collection of short stories that Ben Fountain declares 'all marvels, ' Robin Romm (author of The Mercy Papers) revels in the mess behind the slick veneer of modern life. A financially-strapped college student sells her sought after 'Ivy League eggs' to a movie star, then wrestles with her feelings as the child grows up in the public eye. A long-married wife in the midst of a bungled kitchen rem ... Full description
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"In this new collection of short stories that Ben Fountain declares 'all marvels, ' Robin Romm (author of The Mercy Papers) revels in the mess behind the slick veneer of modern life. A financially-strapped college student sells her sought after 'Ivy League eggs' to a movie star, then wrestles with her feelings as the child grows up in the public eye. A long-married wife in the midst of a bungled kitchen remodel imagines the excitement of her neighbor's unstable erotic life. Isolated by quarantine, a young widow contends with a talking daffodil that panders to her in therapy-speak. Disquieting, original and strangely reassuring, these ten new stories make quick work of the easy truths and thoughtless salvos that keep us from seeing the wildness of our irreducible lives"--
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| Author | Robin Romm |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Four Way Books |
| Release year | 2024 |
| Cover type | Softcover |
| EAN | 9781961897182 |