“Nine Years Under is a sparkling debut--- brimming with love and bursting with life. Booker's Baltimore is equal parts The Wire and The Cosby show. She doesn't shrink from the realities of life in an inner city funeral home, but she is also a loving witness, documenting the big hearted community that takes care of its own. Told with compassion, wit, and good old fashioned story telling, Sheri Booker gives us unforgettable characters who will make you laugh right up until they break your heart.” GivingYearsHeartCharacterStoriesShowsHomeBigsRealityCareCommunityCitiesCompassionBreakLaughingEqualTake CareWitNineWitnessReality Of LifeFuneralOld FashionedWireShrinksHeartedNine YearsBurstingBaltimoreSparklingBreak Your HeartDebutUnforgettableMake You LaughInner CityBig HeartCosby Show Author:Tayari Jones
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“The novella is at once the most elegant and demanding form: a writer must balance the looseness of a novel with the concision of a short story, a feat that only the bravest and most talented of us can manage. In Brazil, Jesse Lee Kercheval proves, yet again, that she is exactly the right writer for the job. A wild American picaresque, Brazil snaps along briskly, yet feels full-fleshed, and brims with a sly wit and grace.” FeelsStoriesJobsFormNovelGraceBalanceProveWitManageShort StoryElegantSnapsBrazilFeatsSlyLoosenessPicaresque Author:Lauren Groff
“The most hopeful thing in the stories, I hope, is wit. I make it up. If I make up a world in which we're ruled by big talking turds, it doesn't mean that we are. So you shouldn't feel depressed.” IfsWorldFeelsMeanStoriesBigsTalkingWitHopefulTurds Author:George Saunders