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YOUR NEXT READ FROM THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR of ROMANTIC COMEDY, PREP and AMERICAN WIFE

'Sittenfeld is in a league of her own'
Guardian

'
One of my favourite authors' KATE ATKINSON

'Anything Sittenfeld writes, we'll read' People

'No-one else writes with such precision and amusement' Red Magazine
______

Razor-sharp, glittering tales exploring marriage, fame and female friendship, from the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of Romantic Comedy and American Wife.

In this compulsive collection of twelve witty stories, Sittenfeld shows why she's as beloved for her short fiction as she is for her novels, as she conjures up characters so real that they seem like old friends.

In 'The Patron Saints of Middle Age,' a woman visits two friends she hasn't seen since her divorce. In 'A for Alone,' a married artist embarks on a project intended to disprove the so-called Mike Pence Rule, which suggests that women and men can't spend time alone together without lusting after each other. And in 'Lost but Not Forgotten,' Sittenfeld gives readers of her novel Prep a new window into the world of her beloved character Lee Fiora, decades later, when Lee attends an awkward school reunion.

Witty, confronting and full of tenderness, Sittenfeld peels back layer after layer of our inner lives, keeping us riveted to the page with her utterly distinctive voice.

READERS CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF CURTIS SITTENFELD:

'Small windows into modern life and as such highly entertaining. Curtis, you're a star!' *****

'Sittenfeld understands women so well, it's like having someone look straight into your soul'*****

'Devoured! You'll recognise yourself and others in these pages' *****

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      Publisher: Transworld
      Publication Date: 1/27/2025
      ISBN13: 9781529925906, 978-1529925906
      ISBN10: 1529925908

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      YOUR NEXT READ FROM THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR of ROMANTIC COMEDY, PREP and AMERICAN WIFE

      'Sittenfeld is in a league of her own'
      Guardian

      '
      One of my favourite authors' KATE ATKINSON

      'Anything Sittenfeld writes, we'll read' People

      'No-one else writes with such precision and amusement' Red Magazine
      ______

      Razor-sharp, glittering tales exploring marriage, fame and female friendship, from the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of Romantic Comedy and American Wife.

      In this compulsive collection of twelve witty stories, Sittenfeld shows why she's as beloved for her short fiction as she is for her novels, as she conjures up characters so real that they seem like old friends.

      In 'The Patron Saints of Middle Age,' a woman visits two friends she hasn't seen since her divorce. In 'A for Alone,' a married artist embarks on a project intended to disprove the so-called Mike Pence Rule, which suggests that women and men can't spend time alone together without lusting after each other. And in 'Lost but Not Forgotten,' Sittenfeld gives readers of her novel Prep a new window into the world of her beloved character Lee Fiora, decades later, when Lee attends an awkward school reunion.

      Witty, confronting and full of tenderness, Sittenfeld peels back layer after layer of our inner lives, keeping us riveted to the page with her utterly distinctive voice.

      READERS CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF CURTIS SITTENFELD:

      'Small windows into modern life and as such highly entertaining. Curtis, you're a star!' *****

      'Sittenfeld understands women so well, it's like having someone look straight into your soul'*****

      'Devoured! You'll recognise yourself and others in these pages' *****

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