Maggie Brown & Others: Stories

Title: Maggie Brown & Others: Stories
Author: Peter Orner
D: 1700037
ISBN: 9780316516112
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: 2019
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 336
Section: Fiction | Short Stories (single author)
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: In this powerful and virtuosic collection of interlocking stories, each one "a marvel of concision and compassion" (Washington Post), a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and "master of his form" (New York Times) takes the short story to new heights.
Through forty-four compressed gems, Peter Orner, a writer who "doesn't simply bring his characters to life, he gives them souls" (NYT Book Review), chronicles people whose lives are at inflection points, gripping us with a series of defining moments.

Whether it's a first date that turns into a late-night road trip to a séance in an abandoned airplane hangar, or a family's memories of the painful mystery surrounding a neglected uncle's demise, Orner reveals how our fleeting decisions between kindness and abandonment chase us across time. These stories are anchored by a poignant novella that delivers not only the joys and travails of a forty-year marriage, but an entire era in a working-class New England city. Bristling with the crackling energy of life itself, Maggie Brown & Others marks the most sustained achievement to date for "a master of his form" (New York Times).

• A New York Times Notable Book
• A Chicago Tribune Notable Book
• An Oprah Magazine Best Book of 2019
• Kirkus Reviews Best Short Fiction of 2019
• Longlisted for the Simpson/Joyce Carol Oates Prize