Full name: Come to Me: Stories

Author: Amy Bloom Year: 1993 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Short Stories, Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780060995140 0060995149

This stunning collection of stories takes us into the inner worlds of families, the hidden corners of marriages and affairs and friendships, and introduces us to people whose lives are shaken and changed by love: a grieving mother in need of comfort; a frightened father in need of redemption; wives who become mistresses and regret it, or don't; a psychiatrist crashing through professional boundaries to provide for her husband and son. Amy Bloom holds her characters close to us as they encounter the everyday mysteries of need and desire, showing us tenderness and humour in the midst of grief and sorrow. She writes the kind of fiction that celebrates the flawed dignity of the human and reminds us all of the fine venture of living in grace and hope in the worlds we are born to and make. Similar books: The Rendezvous by Daphne Du Maurier Cold Snap by Thom Jones Scar Vegas by Tom Paine All the Time in the World by E. L. Doctorow The Wonders of the Invisible World by David Gates Honored Guest by Joy Williams Fools by Joan Silber Enormous Changes at the Last Minute by Grace Paley The Pacific and Other Stories by Mark Helprin A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You by Amy Bloom Like You'd Understand, Anyway by Jim Shepard The Stories of Paul Bowles by Paul Bowles God Lives in St. Petersburg by Tom Bissell Short Cuts by Raymond Carver Bread and Chocolate by Philippa Gregory Where the God of Love Hangs Out by Amy Bloom The Toughest Indian in the World by Sherman Alexie Birds of America by Lorrie Moore Strange Pilgrims by Gabriel Garcia Marquez