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Literature is full of lyrical odes to the glory of falling in love. But what of its opposite -- the moment when it becomes clear that things are indisputably over? Dumped is a survey of every type of romantic crack-up, a group of stories full of the hilarity, wisdom, insight, and sometimes, yes, fierce revenges of some of the most memorable broken hearts in recent literature. Dumped sheds light on what can be the toughest part of human relations -- whether newly elucidating the misery we've all endured, or merely reminding us that others have had it far worse -- from the mother in Elizabeth Berg's Open House absurdly attempting to tell her son his father has left, to the betrayed wife in Roald Dahl's "Lamb to Slaughter," who beats her husband to death with a leg of lamb, then cooks it for the police. With contributions from such notable authors as Will Self, Saul Bellow, Alice Munro, Raymond Carver, Lorrie Moore, Dorothy Parker, Andre Dubus, and Tobias Wolff, as well as rising stars like Lucinda Rosenfeld and Steve Almond, Dumped spans every variety of romantic catastrophe and every possible response to it; from the wise to the hilarious, the bitter to the bittersweet. This book is the panacea for problems of the heart.
Literature is full of lyrical odes to the glory of falling in love. But what of its opposite -- the moment when it becomes clear that things are indisputably over? Dumped is a survey of every type of romantic crack-up, a group of stories full of the hilarity, wisdom, insight, and sometimes, yes, fierce revenges of some of the most memorable broken hearts in recent literature. Dumped sheds light on what can be the toughest part of human relations -- whether newly elucidating the misery we've all endured, or merely reminding us that others have had it far worse -- from the mother in Elizabeth Berg's Open House absurdly attempting to tell her son his father has left, to the betrayed wife in Roald Dahl's "Lamb to Slaughter," who beats her husband to death with a leg of lamb, then cooks it for the police. With contributions from such notable authors as Will Self, Saul Bellow, Alice Munro, Raymond Carver, Lorrie Moore, Dorothy Parker, Andre Dubus, and Tobias Wolff, as well as rising stars like Lucinda Rosenfeld and Steve Almond, Dumped spans every variety of romantic catastrophe and every possible response to it; from the wise to the hilarious, the bitter to the bittersweet. This book is the panacea for problems of the heart.
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George Nicholson, Lady Middleton, Pablo Miles, Sir Gerald, Keiko Sasaki, Brother Mac, Martha Stewart, Quaker Bridge Road, White House, Antonio Libera, Colonel Brandon, Jack Noonan, New York, Sir John, Steven Reeves, Days Inn, Hyde Park, Les Two, Mary Maloney, Miss Bawden, Miss Dashwood, Grandpa Tuck, James Baker, Jim Webster, Marching Through Delaware New!
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Bring a "first date" to this "postage stamp" -size bistro. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
George Nicholson, Lady Middleton, Pablo Miles, Sir Gerald, Keiko Sasaki, Brother Mac, Martha Stewart, Quaker Bridge Road, White House, Antonio Libera, Colonel Brandon, Jack Noonan, New York, Sir John, Steven Reeves, Days Inn, Hyde Park, Les Two, Mary Maloney, Miss Bawden, Miss Dashwood, Grandpa Tuck, James Baker, Jim Webster, Marching Through Delaware New!
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- It's My State!: New Hampshire by Terry Allan Hicks on page 117, and page 123
- Open House: A Novel (Oprah's Book Club) by Elizabeth Berg on page 199, and Back Matter
- Birds of America: Stories by Lorrie Moore in Back Matter
- Collected Stories (Everyman's Library) by Roald Dahl in Back Matter
- A Multitude of Sins by Richard Ford in Back Matter
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- Cut Loose: (Mostly) Older Women Talk About the End of (Mostly) Long-Term Relationships by Nan Bauer-Maglin on page 293
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