Thunderstruck & Other Stories

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Thunderstruck & Other Stories

WINNER OF THE STORY PRIZE â€¢ LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD â€¢ NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NEWSDAY

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The Washington PostÂ â€¢Â San Francisco Chronicle â€¢ O: The Oprah Magazine â€¢ The Miami Herald â€¢ Publishers Weekly â€¢ Kirkus Reviews

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From the author of the beloved novel The Giantâ€™s Houseâ€”finalist for the National Book Awardâ€”comes a beautiful new story collection, her first in twenty years. Laced through with the humor, the empathy, and the rare and magical descriptive powers that have led Elizabeth McCrackenâ€™s fiction to be hailed as â€œexquisiteâ€ (The New York Times Book Review), â€œfunny and heartbreakingâ€ (The Boston Globe), and â€œa true marvelâ€ (San Francisco Chronicle), these nine vibrant stories navigate the fragile space between love and loneliness. In â€œProperty,â€ selected by Geraldine Brooks for The Best American Short Stories, a young scholar, grieving the sudden death of his wife, decides to refurbish the Maine rental house they were to share together by removing his landlordâ€™s possessions. In â€œPeter Elroy: A Documentary by Ian Casey,â€ the household of a successful filmmaker is visited years later by his famous first subject, whose trust he betrayed. In â€œThe Lost & Found Department of Greater Boston,â€ the manager of a grocery store becomes fixated on the famous case of a missing local woman, and on the fate of the teenage son she left behind. And in the unforgettable title story, a family makes a quixotic decision to flee to Paris for a summer, only to find their lives altered in an unimaginable way by their teenage daughterâ€™s risky behavior.
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In Elizabeth McCrackenâ€™s universe, heartache is always interwoven with strange, charmed moments of joyâ€”an unexpected conversation with small children, the gift of a parrot with a bad French accentâ€”that remind us of the wonder and mystery of being alive. Thunderstruck & Other Stories shows this inimitable writer working at the full height of her powers.
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Praise for Thunderstruck & Other Stories
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â€œRestorative, unforgettableÂ . . . aÂ powerful testament to the scratchy humor and warm intelligence of McCrackenâ€™s writing.â€â€”Sylvia Brownrigg, The New York Times Book Review (Editorâ€™s Choice)

â€œ[A] bewitching and wise collection . . . playful, even joyful.â€â€”O: The Oprah Magazine
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â€œStunningly beautiful . . . brilliantly moving . . . Moments of joy and pure magic flicker and pitch-perfect humor acts as a furtive SOS signal through the fog of loss.â€â€”Los Angeles Times

â€œEach of Thunderstruckâ€™s nine stories is a storm: delightful and destructive, packed with electricity, fascinating to watch unfold.â€â€”Salon
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â€œThe stories here are brilliant, funny and heartbreaking. . . . Elizabeth McCracken is a national treasure.â€â€”Paul Harding, The Wall Street Journal
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â€œPure delight: one lyrical, impeccably constructed sentence after another.â€â€”Chicago Tribune
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â€œBeautifully wrought . . . As painstaking as a watchmaker, McCracken disassembles life down to its smallest parts.â€â€”The Boston Globe

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Country	USA
Author	Elizabeth McCracken
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9780812995961
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	The Dial Press
Manufacturer	The Dial Press
NumberOfPages	241
PublicationDate	2014-04-22
Publisher	The Dial Press
ReleaseDate	2014-04-22
Studio	The Dial Press

Thunderstruck & Other Stories

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