These stories show the full range of Ann Beattie's talent with "Where You'll Find Me", "Heaven on a Summer Night", "Times", and "In the White Night". Read by the author.
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Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
In Beattie's fourth short story collection, works that seemed aimless and unimpressive upon original publication are given an enriching context while better tales reaffirm the author's abilities. PW stated that the collection "transcends the purposeful absence of continuity and plot."
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
Beattie's stories are all "middle," without beginnings or ends: she gives us glimpses of her characters as they gain insight through a random event or are "surprised into remembering" something. A moment of acceptance is crystallized in "In the White Night," about a couple whose child has died. In "Summer People," a chance encounter with a stranger leads a man to understand that he isn't connecting with his wife. Marriage and infidelity are recurring themes. In "Times," a woman recalls her husband's confession of an affair. A realtor in "Janus" places a beautiful bowl, a gift from her departed lover, in each house she shows. Skillful and affecting contemporary stories, 12 of which have appeared in magazines, and three published here for the first time. Janet Wiehe, P.L. of Cincinnati & Hamilton Cty.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Ann Beattie has been included in four O. Henry Award Collections and in John Updike's Best American Short Stories of the Century. In 2000, she received the PEN/Malamud Award for achievement in the short story form. In 2005, she received the Rea Award for the Short Story. She and her husband, Lincoln Perry, live in Key West, Florida, and Charlottesville, Virginia, where she is Edgar Allan Poe Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Virginia.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing, insightful and so very real!,
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This review is from: Where You'll Find Me CST (Audio Cassette)
Ann Beattie's very best ever! Mrs. Beattie has the power to
capture the human spirit with words like a child with a
butterfly net. Her stories expose a piece of truth that
the reader will find lies well hidden within themselves.
Each story not only provides insight into the life of a
character who appears naked on the page in a brilliant light,
but also forces an intraverted look at oneself. Beattie writes
what we are afraid to think.
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