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Going Away Shoes |  | Author: Jill McCorkle
Publisher: Algonquin Books
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 65773
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 272
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 1565126327
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781565126329
ASIN: 1565126327
Publication Date: September 22, 2009
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Product Description
Jill McCorkle, a master of the short story whose work has been compared to that of Alice Munro and Lorrie Moore, is a writer whose characters insist on our immediate and total attention. Here, in her first collection in eight years, are eleven new stories bristling with her signature wit and weight. One way or the other, all of these stories are about women looking love in the face without flinching. Some of them are confronting the reality of domestic disruption; others are simply flirting with the possibilities—and dangers—of change. McCorkle's characters make mistakes but aren't interested in hiding behind them. They get divorced or quit their jobs or tell people to step aside, and they move on.
From the first story, about a modern-day Cinderella contemplating escape, to the last, "Me and Big Foot," an idyll about finding the perfect prince, McCorkle’s collection is the genuine article, the work of a great storyteller who knows exactly how—and why—to pair longing and laughter.
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 awesome January 21, 2010
KEEPitREAL (LA)
Thoroughly enjoyed these short fiction tales, told by a series of female protagonists. Snarky, heartfelt, and intriguing, each story read had me hooked, which is extremely rare for a short story collection. Listen not to the naysayers, not every woman's life is a bed of roses, and these stories, though often heartbreaking, show hope within the wrinkles. Highly recommended.
 meh January 11, 2010
CTMom (CT)
I was unfortunately less impressed with this book than I wanted to be. Maybe it was the mood I was in, but everyone in it left me feeling rather depressed. I hope it leaves you feeling better.
 Not uplifting November 22, 2009
S. Szep
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The cover blurb state that it's a hilarious book. The blurb was written by someone who did not read the book - and who is going off of Jill's previous works. This is not an uplifting collection of stories. It's sad. It's bitter. It's bleak. The stories are about people with regrets. Not a good holiday read.
Enlightening... November 3, 2009
mcryan
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I liked the dark tone of the book in respect to its attempt to uncover and shine a light on what middle age women really think and feel. The various levels of depression, resignation, anger, frustration, and overall sadness of many of the women feels real and as deserving of a voice as anyting else. It's almost as if these stories are the other side of the stories we almost never hear. However, McCorkle and a few other recent authors' both fictional and autobiographical are beginning to talk more about these emotions as the central theme in their stories. McCorkle also does a great job of offering a full story in just a few pages and makes it look easy in the process. I wasn't overwhelmingly in love with any of the characters or the book as a whole but I was glad to have taken the time to read it. The thing I liked best is the way that McCorkle really nails the "you would be surprised" factor of the mothers, daughters, and wives who make up her central characters. Some examples of this are you would be surprised to know that not all mothers like the people their children have become, or that caring for an aging and sick parent might be pure drudgery and filled with unresolved resentments, an overwhelmingly isolating task. Jill McCorkle succeeds in getting us to look within and ask those hard questions and hopefully to look at others and realize that most of the time, we have little to no idea of who they really are.
 Stories that are funny and heartbreaking at the same time. October 18, 2009
E. Samuels (New York, NY)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Prior to reading Going Away Shoes, I was not a major fan of the short story, but now, after reading this collection, I am tempted to go out and search for more. The stories in this collection are exceptionally well crafted and are able to deliver a Dickens length novel's worth of character development and emotion in a surprisingly short number of pages. The characters and topics in each story are so different that each story seems to deliver the impact of an entire novel. Wow. Most of the stories in the collection tickled my funny bone and touched me..... great combination.
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