
1979
First Published
4.23
Average Rating
180
Number of Pages
Twenty short stories present a gallery of characters who stoically face the problems and tribulations of day-today living and refuse to accept defeat
Avg Rating
4.23
Number of Ratings
75
5 STARS
44%
4 STARS
36%
3 STARS
19%
2 STARS
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1 STARS
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Author

Mary Robison
Author · 10 books
Mary Robison is an American short story writer and novelist. She has published four collections of stories, and four novels, including her 2001 novel Why Did I Ever, winner of the 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for fiction. Her most recent novel, released in 2009, is One D.O.A., One on the Way. She has been categorized as a founding "minimalist" writer along with authors such as Amy Hempel, Frederick Barthelme, and Raymond Carver. In 2009, she won the Rea Award for the Short Story.