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Self-Help
Lorrie Moore · 1985 · 163 pages
"Complicated, awkward, funny, cruel, heartbroken, mysterious; Self-Help forms an idiosyncratic guide to female existence which is just as relevant today as it was 30 years ago. These stories are modern America at its most real, with characters sharing thoughts and experiences they could have borrowed from our own lives. This is how to deal with divorce, adultery, cancer, how to talk to your mother or become a writer, the Lorrie Moore way"--Publisher's website.
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Emily Ratajkowski
“I read this book, which is Lorrie Moore’s debut short-story collection, when I first moved to New York City in my early 20s. No one compares to Moore, and this is her masterpiece.”↗
Abbi Jacobson
“I think Lorrie Moore’s work must be what you read if you’re studying fiction writing and want to know what a short story is supposed to look like. After finishing Self-Help, I bought every other collection of her writing. I just wanted to eat it up.”↗