Inventing the Abbotts - by Sue Miller (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A stunning collection of short stories from the bestselling author of "The Good Mother", each exploring the shifting grounds of erotic and family relationships today.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>From Sue Miller, author of the bestselling THE GOOD MOTHER and FAMILY PICTURES, this collection of short stories, INVENTING THE ABBOTTS, explores the treacherously shifting ground of erotic and family relationships with deftness and depth.</strong> </p><p>The title story is about a young man who takes up successively with three daughters of the most fashionable family in town. In other stories, whose characters range from a young girl in the first blush of sexual curiosity to a stricken dowager whose seizures release a brutal and sometimes obscene candor, Sue Miller presents a compelling gallery of contemporary men and women with hungry hearts and dismayed consciences.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>Sue Miller's stories from a chapter in the moral history of our time <p> Like Sue Miller's bestselling novels, this collection of short stories explores the treacherously shifting ground of erotic and family relationships with deftness and depth. The title story is about a young man who takes up successively with three daughters of the most fashionable family in town. In other stories, whose characters range from a young girl in the first blush of sexual curiosity to a stricken dowager whose seizures release a brutal and sometimes obscene candor, Sue Miller presents a compelling gallery of contemporary men and women with hungry hearts and dismayed consciences.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Compelling...What [Miller] offers...is a distinctive sensibility--a candid exploration of the frail and gritty truths about trying to love without harm or reprisal." -- "Boston Globe""[Miller's] writing is rich, her perceptions acute." -- "Newsday""Graceful prose and some cleverly kinky twists make for provocative reading."-- "Los Angeles Times Book Review" "[Sue Miller] has a genius for understanding sexual behavior, and for transforming it into art." -- Hilma Wolitzer<br>
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