Full name: Jenny and the Jaws of Life: Short Stories

Author: Jincy Willett Year: 1987 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Short Stories, Fiction, Humor Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780312006143 0312428103 0312006144

In these wonderfully funny and poignant stories, Willett's eccentric, complex characters think and do the unconventional. Soft, euphonic women gradually grow old; weak, unhappy men confront love and their own mortality; and abominable children desperately try to grow up with grace. With a unique voice and dry humor, Willett gives us a new insight into human existence, showing us those specific moments in relationships when life suddenly becomes visible. Critically acclaimed when it was first published in 1987, Jenny and the Jaws of Life is being brought back due to popular demand. It's a timeless collection filled with a certain freshness and wit that ring just as loudly today. Similar books: Barcelona Plates by Alexei Sayle In Persuasion Nation by George Saunders American Housewife by Helen Ellis Red-Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes by Terry Southern Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls by Alissa Nutting I Cannot Tell a Lie, Exactly by Mary Ladd Gavell Among the Missing by Dan Chaon Back in the World by Tobias Wolff Touchy Subjects by Emma Donoghue Nine Inches by Tom Perrotta A Better Angel by Chris Adrian Jigs & Reels by Joanne Harris Death Is Not an Option by Suzanne Rivecca In the Bedroom by Andre Dubus Escapes by Joy Williams The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories by Jean Shepherd In God We Trust by Jean Shepherd Switch Bitch by Roald Dahl My Uncle Oswald by Roald Dahl