Ordinary Life
Author: Berg, Elizabeth
ISBN: 9780812968132
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 13 May 2003
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
b>NATIONAL BESTSELLER ."An extraordinary short story collection that deserves our closest attention."-i>Detroit Free Press/i>/b>br>br>b>"Elizabeth Berg's gift as a storyteller lies most powerfully in her ability to find the extraordinary in the ordinary, the remarkable in the everyday."-i>The Boston Globe/i>br>/b>br>In this superb collection of short stories, Elizabeth Berg takes us into pivotal moments in the lives of women, when memories and events come together to create a sense of coherence, understanding, and change. In"Ordinary Life," Mavis McPherson locks herself in the bathroom for a week, shutting out her husband and the realities of their life together-and no, she isn't contemplating a divorce. She just needs some time to think, take stock of her life, and to arrive, finally, at a surprising conclusion.br>br>In"White Dwarf" and"Martin's Letter to Nan," the secrets of a marriage are revealed with sensitivity and"brilliant insights about the human condition" (i>Detroit Free Press/i>) that have become trademark of Berg's writing. i>The Charlotte Observer /i>has said,"Berg captures the way women think as well as any writer." Those qualities of wisdom and perception are everywhere present in i>Ordinary Life./i>
ISBN: 9780812968132
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 13 May 2003
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback / softback
b>NATIONAL BESTSELLER ."An extraordinary short story collection that deserves our closest attention."-i>Detroit Free Press/i>/b>br>br>b>"Elizabeth Berg's gift as a storyteller lies most powerfully in her ability to find the extraordinary in the ordinary, the remarkable in the everyday."-i>The Boston Globe/i>br>/b>br>In this superb collection of short stories, Elizabeth Berg takes us into pivotal moments in the lives of women, when memories and events come together to create a sense of coherence, understanding, and change. In"Ordinary Life," Mavis McPherson locks herself in the bathroom for a week, shutting out her husband and the realities of their life together-and no, she isn't contemplating a divorce. She just needs some time to think, take stock of her life, and to arrive, finally, at a surprising conclusion.br>br>In"White Dwarf" and"Martin's Letter to Nan," the secrets of a marriage are revealed with sensitivity and"brilliant insights about the human condition" (i>Detroit Free Press/i>) that have become trademark of Berg's writing. i>The Charlotte Observer /i>has said,"Berg captures the way women think as well as any writer." Those qualities of wisdom and perception are everywhere present in i>Ordinary Life./i>
