Reviews
excellent compilation of short stories. counting days and daddy's girl are my two favorites. the idea of conjuring stories from tidbits of other people's lives, the 'astray-er' is compelling and emma does not fail in delivering her own version.
Short stories are my new thing solely due to the pleasure of reading this book. Highly, highly recommend.
Not to be a dramatic jerk, but it is a true mystery how the same person who penned the genius that is Room could compile such a terrible collection of short stories. The only one I can point to as a source of actual interest is The Gift, while the uncomfortably racist, homophobic, misogynistic, and transphobic underpinnings of the other stories (combined with Donohgue's afterword) made this a truly awful reading experience. Maybe it's "historically accurate," I don't care. You can write good historical fiction - indeed good historical fiction about injustice - without falling into the same traps of bigoted thinking. I'll stick with Lisa See's work, thanks.
