The funny, wise, and wonderful ( USA Today ) Book of short Stories that won the National Book Award and established Ellen Gilchrist as a leading writer of the American South. -- Cleveland Plain Dealer. --Norman Mailer This Book is a delight.
Ellen Gilchrist is terrific.
Gilchrist has her own unique literary voice -- and it is outrageously funny, moving, tragic, and always appealing.
Throughout these stories, one hears echoes of Flannery O\'Connor and Eudora Welty, but Ms.
In her second collection, Ellen Gilchrist creates an unforgettable group of Southern women, enchanted and enchanting, who cavort through life, in and out of bars, marriages, and divorces, through the world of art and culture, drug busts, lovers\' arms, and even earthquakes, in an attempt to find, if not happiness, at least some satisfaction.
The funny, wise, and wonderful ( USA Today ) Book of short Stories that won the National Book Award and established Ellen Gilchrist as a leading writer of the American South
