Single, Carefree, Mellow

Single, Carefree, Mellow

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Katherine Heiny
Katherine Heiny
2015 • 240 pages

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Throughout these 11 stories, Heiny chronicles the ways in which we are unfaithful to each other, both willfully and unwittingly. Maya, who appears in the title story and again in various states of love, forms the spine of this linked collection, and shows us through her moments of pleasure, loss, deceit, and kindness just how fickle the human heart can be.

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Reasonably nice, but by far not the best of her work.

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Delightful collection of short stories, linked both thematically (relationships, marriage, infidelity, words) as well as a couple recurring characters. Haven't laughed like that for a while.

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