Birds of America by Lorrie Moore
Birds of America by Lorrie Moore. 1999 Faber Faber paperback edition, 291 pages. Moore is one of the current masters of the short story, funny and sad, dry and surprising. Birds is a later collection, many of the stories appeared in the New Yorker.
Condition: VG
"Although she had been around them her whole life, it was when she reached thirty-five that holding babies seemed to make her nervous---just at the beginning, a twinge of stage fright swinging up from the gut."
Birds of America by Lorrie Moore. 1999 Faber Faber paperback edition, 291 pages. Moore is one of the current masters of the short story, funny and sad, dry and surprising. Birds is a later collection, many of the stories appeared in the New Yorker.
Condition: VG
"Although she had been around them her whole life, it was when she reached thirty-five that holding babies seemed to make her nervous---just at the beginning, a twinge of stage fright swinging up from the gut."