A sense of alienation and melancholy pervades the protagonists of "Self Help" as they are swept along on the vicissitudes of emotions that are never less than ...

From the national bestselling author of A Gate at the Stairs —and a master of contemporary American fiction—comes “a funny, cohesive, and moving collection ...

Self-Help (1985) is a collection of short stories by Lorrie Moore. First edition (publ. Knopf). Contents. 1 Contents. 1.1 "How to Be an Other Woman" ...

Decide that you like college life. In your dorm you meet many nice people. Some are smarter than you. And some, you notice, are dumber than you. You will ...

Lorrie Moore is the author of the story collections Like Life, Self-Help, and Birds of America, and the novels Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? and Anagrams.

In these tales of loss and pleasure, lovers and family, a woman learns to conduct an affair, a child of divorce dances with her mother, and a woman with a ...

Self-Help by Lorrie Moore. The very first story collection from Lorrie Moore, one of the finest and most beloved American writers, now joins the Vintage list.

Mar 6, 2017 · The puns aside, Moore has many strengths. She is great at writing the small but meaningful moments, has an eye for the well-plucked detail, and ...

Jun 9, 2015 · Self Help possesses a maturity, unification and fluidity uncommon to first works — especially ones written at such a young age. Having read some ...