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Robin Miles
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By:
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Roxane Gay
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The women in these stories live lives of privilege and of poverty, are in marriages both loving and haunted by past crimes or emotional blackmail. A pair of sisters, grown now, have been inseparable ever since they were abducted together as children and must negotiate the elder sister's marriage. A woman married to a twin pretends not to realize when her husband and his brother impersonate each other. A stripper putting herself through college fends off the advances of an overzealous customer. A black engineer moves to Upper Michigan for a job and faces the malign curiosity of her colleagues and the difficulty of leaving her past behind. From a girls' fight club to a wealthy subdivision in Florida where neighbours conform, compete, and spy on each other, Gay delivers a wry, beautiful, haunting vision of modern America.
©2017 Roxane Gay (P)2017 Audible, Ltd.Editorial reviews
"Gay's signature dry wit and piercing psychological depth make every story mesmerizingly unusual and simply unforgettable." ( Harper's Bazaar)
"Phenomenally powerful and beautifully written." ( The Guardian)
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