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"The Beggar Maid" in The New Yorker, 27 June 1977; [9] in Who Do You Think You Are?, 1978; in 78: Best Canadian Stories, 9–42; in Best Canadian Short Stories (1981), 96–121. [8] (republished in 2006/ 2008) "The Children Stay" in The New Yorker, 22 December 1997, Extended summary, in The Love of a Good Woman, 1998 (republished in 2003, 2011 ...
Mrs. Mooney looks forward to her confrontation, which she intends to "win" by defending her daughter's honor and convincing Mr. Doran to offer his hand in marriage. Waiting for the time to pass, Mrs. Mooney figures the odds are in her favor, considering that Mr. Doran, who has worked for a wine merchant for thirteen years and garnered much ...
Cain never had any children of his own, but he was close to Elina's two children from a previous marriage. In 1944, Cain married the film actress Aileen Pringle, but the marriage was a tempestuous union and dissolved in a bitter divorce two years later. [87] His fourth marriage, to Florence Macbeth, lasted until her death in 1966.
The collection features eight intricate stories exploring themes of love, marriage, aging, and human relationships, including the titular story about an unlikely romance sparked by a teenage prank, and "The Bear Came Over the Mountain," a poignant examination of love and memory in the face of illness.
[3] She said that the authors exploit the short form to the fullest, and Fine called their characters "outstanding" in the way they bring each story to life. [3] Kirkus Reviews described the book as "[a] fine celebration of the many guises a short story can take while still doing its essential work". It called Adjei-Brenyah's story "The Era ...
In the story, all women have a specific location and color to their ribbon. The narrator talks the reader through her sexual explorations, marriage, motherhood, and the extent in which the "good" men in her life lead to her demise. The short story begins at a party where the narrator meets her future husband and the father to her child.
The Best American Short Stories 2020 ; Editor: Curtis Sittenfeld and Heidi Pitlor: Language: English: Series: The Best American Short Stories: Published: 2020: Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: Media type: Print (hardback & paperback) ISBN: 9781328485366 (hardback) Preceded by: The Best American Short Stories 2019 Followed by: The Best ...
Groff Conklin called Someone Like You "certainly the most distinguished book of short stories of 1953 ... all superb". [9] Anthony Boucher and J. Francis McComas praised the collection's "subtly devastating murder stories [as well as] two biting science-fantasties, plus a few unclassifiable gems" and concluded the volume "belong[ed] on your shelves somewhere in the Beerbohm/Collier/Saki section".