"Crash Diet" (the first and title story) is brilliantly funny, and "Waiting for Hard Times to End" hits you hard right where it's aiming. The New York Times Book Review called the collection (in apocalyptic prose) an indictment of the "shoddiness of the pleasures" of the world--to which I would s...
Audiobook.Virginia is not sure her husband really loves her when he says while she's pregnant with his child that his first wife aborted their child and that he never would have left her but she was the one who wanted to end the marriage. Now she's angry and bitter with him and wants to go home....
I started reading this coming-of-age novel in the afternoon and had to read all night to finish it. The author's story line and style compel the reader to press onward. It is easy to read.The coming-of-age novel in set in a small North Carolina town and begins with a chronology of Jo's life throu...
Jill McCorkle has this uncanny ability to delve deep into the mindset of each and every one of her characters. For this reason, her writing is some of the most relatable and realistic I've encountered. She also writes about the South. And for these reasons...I looooooove her!My latest of McCorkle...
Another book by one of my new favorite Southern writers. See my review of Ferris Beach for details re author."Nine Fabulous New Short Stories... all of them about characters traveling off the beaten path. ..story Final Vinyl Days about a guy who graduated (some time ago) with a 3.7 in English Lit...