CloseUps,Used

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Product Description Sandra Thompson takes us inside the lives of women struggling to find their places among lovers, husbands and exhusbands, mothers, and children in relationships where old rules do not apply and new rules have not yet been set.Thompsons characters live in a world where dreams often supersede reality and things are not as they seem. Her style is sophisticated and subtle, and we experience her stories almost by osmosis. They stay with us afterwards to question their own realities. Review A deft and vivid account of the emotional stages in a womans life . . . All in all, a strong, sometimes devastating but ultimately hopeful collection by an exciting and gifted writer. (The Nation)Haunting and understated . . . These stories explore the failures of loveerotic and filialwith a sure spareness thats reminiscent of Ann Beattie. (Publishers Weekly)Stunning wit and sparkle . . . Thompsons prose is tight and resonant; her view of the world is ironic and full of feeling. (Washington Book Review)An undeniably talented writer. (Kirkus Reviews)Deftly crafted and emotionally charged . . . Sandra Thompson eloquently captures the fears and doubts of being an independent woman in the eighties. (West Coast Review of Books)Ashes, a daughters story of her dying mother, is the little masterpiece of the group, lovely in its grief and guaranteed to show up in future anthologies. (Charlotte Observer)Rare and wonderful . . . In the merciless glare of L.A. hip or N.Y. trendy, Thompsons women cast a cold eye, hesitate, hold their noses, and take the plunge. (St. Louis PostDispatch) About the Author SANDRA THOMPSON has published a novel,Wild Bananas. She was a columnist, writer, and editor at theSt. Petersburg Times, where she directed and edited a series that won the Pulitzer Prize. She lives in Tampa, Florida, and New York.

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