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Title: SELF-HELP by Marie Lorrie Moore ISBN: 0-394-53921-4 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 12 March, 1985 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.23 (22 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Stunning, moving. A necessary read.
Comment: In her book of short stories, Lorrie Moore has crafted a
style that draws the reader into a world that is distinct
yet eerily familiar. For women especially, "Self Help"
is a stunning necessary read, as Moore creates characters
that are real and sypathetic. Written mostly in second
person, this is a fascinating collection of works that
should be on every woman's reading list.
Rating: 5
Summary: Lorrie Moore has helped me love women more
Comment: How's that for a self-help book. Moore's prose is brilliant; her style, unrefined and beautiful. I like this collection because it has the edge too much editing can kill. Read this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Depressing stuff, but so is most emotionally evocative fare
Comment: I love short stories, mainly because I don't have the patience to get through the likes of War and Peace, or even Crime and Punishment, for that matter. I also seem to enjoy contemporary authors over authors of other time periods for the most part. The first short story that I remember capturing my full attention was "Desiree's Baby" by Kate Chopin. Love those surprise endings. That's why I used to like the tv show "The Practice" because of those twists at the end.
Back to Self-Help: this book is a collection of vignettes, including the first, and my favorite "How to be an Other Woman." Lorrie Moore is such a genius because she includes a lot of wordplay in her writing, i.e. "How to be (an)other woman"- that makes reading her a delight. But I was also impressed by the imagery in her writing and the symbolism in the protagonists' often bizarre behavior, i.e. wearing their coats indoors symbolizes the characters' fears of intimacy. In a way, the writing is poetic and reminds me of some of Margaret Atwood's poetry, especially her poem with the line "Love is a many splendoured thing."
I can't say I enjoyed the rest of the stories as much as the first one, but then again, we can't be 100% effective all the time. A funny story about this book, when I was a senior in college my roommate Nicole wanted something to read for leisure that I recommended, as I was an English major, and I gave her this off my shelf. She came back saying this was the most depressing thing she had ever read. So it's not for the faint of heart!
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Title: Birds of America : Stories by Lorrie Moore ISBN: 0312241224 Publisher: Picador USA Pub. Date: 23 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Like Life by Lorrie Moore ISBN: 0375719164 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 03 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Who Will Run the Frog Hospital? by Lorrie Moore ISBN: 0446671916 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: Anagrams by Lorrie Moore ISBN: 0446672726 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: I Know Some Things: Stories About Childhood by Contemporary Writers by Lorrie Moore ISBN: 0571198023 Publisher: Faber & Faber Pub. Date: June, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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