This is the second posthumous collection of stories by Lucia Berlin, who wrote about her life as a cleaning woman, a nurse, a teacher, an alcoholic and a mother in the American West and Mexico. The stories are short, vivid and funny, drawn from her experience, with a spare style and sharp eye for details of poverty, addiction and family.
It suits readers who love short story collections that feel like life, and who enjoyed A Manual for Cleaning Women. You get more of her direct, unsentimental and surprisingly tender voice.
Inward-looking and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
Best for readers like The Empathetic Explorer. Which reader are you?
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