Julie Orringer

A new voice on the literary scene introduces a debut collection of stories and a new cast of characters who struggle with loss and suffering in their own way, in such tales as "The Isabel Fish," "The Smoothest Way Is Full of Stones," and "Pilgrims." Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

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How to Breathe Underwater

Colton Ray

A collection of slice-of-life short stories of the more warped variety - plenty of abuse and dysfunction. Very bleak. Though the stories were written well, none of them engaged or resonated with me or seemed like they had much of a point beyond being misery porn.

Bianca Layog

This is, so far, my favorite collection of short stories. "How to Breath Underwater" was, ironically enough, a breathtaking set of stories with young protagonists from all walks of life. A few of my favorites were "The Isabel Fish" and "A Note to My Sixth Grade Self". I only had to read one story from this collection for my Fiction Workshop class, but I ended up reading everything else. Once you start a collection by Julie Orringer, you won't be able to stop. I strongly recommend this book to my peers and even those who are mature. Everyone will be able to find a piece of themselves in the stories.

How to Breathe Underwater Stories

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