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Publisher
Holt & Company, Henry
ISBN-10
1250113423
ISBN-13
9781250113429
eBay Product ID (ePID)
237591668
Product Key Features
Book Title
Merry Spinster : Tales of Everyday Horror
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Fantasy / Collections & Anthologies, Short Stories (Single Author), Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
Publication Year
2018
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
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Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
6.3 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.8 in
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LCCN
2017-040255
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"Dark and dreadful and persistently clever. Ortberg bloodily turns familiar tales inside out." -- Rainbow Rowell, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Carry On "A collection of stories delectable, formidable, and nimble. As a fantasist and short story writer, Mallory Ortberg is without peer." --Kelly Link, author of Get in Trouble "Dear Reader: It would, truthfully, be simplest to call the stories in THE MERRY SPINSTER 'retellings,' but that word does not adequately capture their dark alchemy. Mallory Ortberg has created a Frankenstein's monster of familiar narratives. . .[that swings] between Terry Pratchett's satirical jocularity and Angela Carter's sinister, shrewd storytelling, and the result is gorgeous, unsettling, splenic, cruel, and wickedly smart. I've never read anything quite like them, and I bet, Dear Reader, that you haven't either." -- Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties: Stories "Mallory Ortberg has a voracious appetite for poison apples, and a genius for finding the places in fairyland where all the bodies are buried. The Merry Spinster will ruin your most-loved fables, in the best possible way." -- Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the Sky "The secret to THE MERRY SPINSTER, I think, is that she never wanted to be your wicked stepmother--she was too busy. There are uncanny slivers of delight and recognition mixed here with the wit we all love Ortberg for, but here that wit is wielded with new force. If fairy tales are ways to describe the rules we don't dare put down on paper, in her hands they become ways to challenge those, or even to write new rules. I don't know if these stories are for bedtimes, but they are for us." -- Alexander Chee, author of Edinburgh and The Queen of the Night "Mallory Ortberg has the sloe gin wit of Dorothy Parker and the soul of a Classics nerd. It's like both of them sat next to each other in THE MERRY SPINSTER and gossiped away. The result is an absolute delight." --John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling author of Lock In and Redshirts, "Ortberg's sly, scathing renditions. . . .strike directly at the heart. . . . .The book brings the shock of the new and the shock of recognition into play at the same time; it's a tour de force of skill, daring, and hard-earned bravura." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Dark and dreadful and persistently clever. Ortberg bloodily turns familiar tales inside out." -- Rainbow Rowell, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Carry On "A collection of stories delectable, formidable, and nimble. As a fantasist and short story writer, Mallory Ortberg is without peer." --Kelly Link, author of Get in Trouble "Dear Reader: It would, truthfully, be simplest to call the stories in THE MERRY SPINSTER 'retellings,' but that word does not adequately capture their dark alchemy. Mallory Ortberg has created a Frankenstein's monster of familiar narratives. . .[that swings] between Terry Pratchett's satirical jocularity and Angela Carter's sinister, shrewd storytelling, and the result is gorgeous, unsettling, splenic, cruel, and wickedly smart. I've never read anything quite like them, and I bet, Dear Reader, that you haven't either." -- Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties: Stories "Mallory Ortberg has a voracious appetite for poison apples, and a genius for finding the places in fairyland where all the bodies are buried. The Merry Spinster will ruin your most-loved fables, in the best possible way." -- Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the Sky "The secret to THE MERRY SPINSTER, I think, is that she never wanted to be your wicked stepmother--she was too busy. There are uncanny slivers of delight and recognition mixed here with the wit we all love Ortberg for, but here that wit is wielded with new force. If fairy tales are ways to describe the rules we don't dare put down on paper, in her hands they become ways to challenge those, or even to write new rules. I don't know if these stories are for bedtimes, but they are for us." -- Alexander Chee, author of Edinburgh and The Queen of the Night "Mallory Ortberg has the sloe gin wit of Dorothy Parker and the soul of a Classics nerd. It's like both of them sat next to each other in THE MERRY SPINSTER and gossiped away. The result is an absolute delight." --John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling author of Lock In and Redshirts, "A wholly satisfying blend of silliness, feminist critique, and deft prose makes this a collection of bedtime stories that will keep you up at night for all the right reasons." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Ortberg's sly, scathing renditions. . . .strike directly at the heart. . . . .The book brings the shock of the new and the shock of recognition into play at the same time; it's a tour de force of skill, daring, and hard-earned bravura." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Dark and dreadful and persistently clever. Ortberg bloodily turns familiar tales inside out." -- Rainbow Rowell, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Carry On "A collection of stories delectable, formidable, and nimble. As a fantasist and short story writer, Mallory Ortberg is without peer." --Kelly Link, author of Get in Trouble "Dear Reader: It would, truthfully, be simplest to call the stories in THE MERRY SPINSTER 'retellings,' but that word does not adequately capture their dark alchemy. Mallory Ortberg has created a Frankenstein's monster of familiar narratives. . .[that swings] between Terry Pratchett's satirical jocularity and Angela Carter's sinister, shrewd storytelling, and the result is gorgeous, unsettling, splenic, cruel, and wickedly smart. I've never read anything quite like them, and I bet, Dear Reader, that you haven't either." -- Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties: Stories "Mallory Ortberg has a voracious appetite for poison apples, and a genius for finding the places in fairyland where all the bodies are buried. The Merry Spinster will ruin your most-loved fables, in the best possible way." -- Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the Sky "The secret to THE MERRY SPINSTER, I think, is that she never wanted to be your wicked stepmother--she was too busy. There are uncanny slivers of delight and recognition mixed here with the wit we all love Ortberg for, but here that wit is wielded with new force. If fairy tales are ways to describe the rules we don't dare put down on paper, in her hands they become ways to challenge those, or even to write new rules. I don't know if these stories are for bedtimes, but they are for us." -- Alexander Chee, author of Edinburgh and The Queen of the Night "Mallory Ortberg has the sloe gin wit of Dorothy Parker and the soul of a Classics nerd. It's like both of them sat next to each other in THE MERRY SPINSTER and gossiped away. The result is an absolute delight." --John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling author of Lock In and Redshirts, The Rumpus : "What to Read When 2018 is Right Around the Corner" NYLON: " 50 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2018" The Huffington Post: "60 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2018" Esquire: "27 Best Books of 2018" Bustle: "35 Most Anticipated Books of 2018" ELLE: "21 Best Books of 2018 AV Club: "10 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2018" The Millions: "Most Anticipated: The Great 2018 Book Preview" Cosmo: "Most Anticipated Books of 2018" "A wholly satisfying blend of silliness, feminist critique, and deft prose makes this a collection of bedtime stories that will keep you up at night for all the right reasons." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Ortberg's sly, scathing renditions. . . .strike directly at the heart. . . . .The book brings the shock of the new and the shock of recognition into play at the same time; it's a tour de force of skill, daring, and hard-earned bravura." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Dark and dreadful and persistently clever. Ortberg bloodily turns familiar tales inside out." -- Rainbow Rowell, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Carry On "A collection of stories delectable, formidable, and nimble. As a fantasist and short story writer, Mallory Ortberg is without peer." --Kelly Link, author of Get in Trouble "Dear Reader: It would, truthfully, be simplest to call the stories in THE MERRY SPINSTER 'retellings,' but that word does not adequately capture their dark alchemy. Mallory Ortberg has created a Frankenstein's monster of familiar narratives. . .[that swings] between Terry Pratchett's satirical jocularity and Angela Carter's sinister, shrewd storytelling, and the result is gorgeous, unsettling, splenic, cruel, and wickedly smart. I've never read anything quite like them, and I bet, Dear Reader, that you haven't either." -- Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties: Stories "Mallory Ortberg has a voracious appetite for poison apples, and a genius for finding the places in fairyland where all the bodies are buried. The Merry Spinster will ruin your most-loved fables, in the best possible way." -- Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the Sky "The secret to THE MERRY SPINSTER, I think, is that she never wanted to be your wicked stepmother--she was too busy. There are uncanny slivers of delight and recognition mixed here with the wit we all love Ortberg for, but here that wit is wielded with new force. If fairy tales are ways to describe the rules we don't dare put down on paper, in her hands they become ways to challenge those, or even to write new rules. I don't know if these stories are for bedtimes, but they are for us." -- Alexander Chee, author of Edinburgh and The Queen of the Night "Mallory Ortberg has the sloe gin wit of Dorothy Parker and the soul of a Classics nerd. It's like both of them sat next to each other in THE MERRY SPINSTER and gossiped away. The result is an absolute delight." --John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling author of Lock In and Redshirts, The Rumpus : "What to Read When 2018 is Right Around the Corner" NYLON: " 50 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2018" The Huffington Post: "60 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2018" Esquire: "27 Best Books of 2018" Bustle: "35 Most Anticipated Books of 2018" ELLE: "21 Best Books of 2018 AV Club: "10 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2018" The Millions: "Most Anticipated: The Great 2018 Book Preview" Cosmo: "Most Anticipated Books of 2018" BuzzFeed: "The 33 Most Exciting New Books Of 2018" BookRiot: "101 Books Coming Out in 2018..." Bustle: "35 Most Anticipated Books of 2018" Ms Magazine: "6 Feminist Reads for Winter" Pajiba: "Most Anticipated Books of 2018" The Millions: "Most Anticipated: The Great 2018 Book Preview" Named a Publishers Lunch Buzz Book 2018 "A wholly satisfying blend of silliness, feminist critique, and deft prose makes this a collection of bedtime stories that will keep you up at night for all the right reasons." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Ortberg's sly, scathing renditions. . . .strike directly at the heart. . . . .The book brings the shock of the new and the shock of recognition into play at the same time; it's a tour de force of skill, daring, and hard-earned bravura." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Dark and dreadful and persistently clever. Ortberg bloodily turns familiar tales inside out." -- Rainbow Rowell, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Carry On "A collection of stories delectable, formidable, and nimble. As a fantasist and short story writer, Mallory Ortberg is without peer." --Kelly Link, author of Get in Trouble "Dear Reader: It would, truthfully, be simplest to call the stories in THE MERRY SPINSTER 'retellings,' but that word does not adequately capture their dark alchemy. Mallory Ortberg has created a Frankenstein's monster of familiar narratives. . .[that swings] between Terry Pratchett's satirical jocularity and Angela Carter's sinister, shrewd storytelling, and the result is gorgeous, unsettling, splenic, cruel, and wickedly smart. I've never read anything quite like them, and I bet, Dear Reader, that you haven't either." -- Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties: Stories "Mallory Ortberg has a voracious appetite for poison apples, and a genius for finding the places in fairyland where all the bodies are buried. The Merry Spinster will ruin your most-loved fables, in the best possible way." -- Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the Sky "The secret to THE MERRY SPINSTER, I think, is that she never wanted to be your wicked stepmother--she was too busy. There are uncanny slivers of delight and recognition mixed here with the wit we all love Ortberg for, but here that wit is wielded with new force. If fairy tales are ways to describe the rules we don't dare put down on paper, in her hands they become ways to challenge those, or even to write new rules. I don't know if these stories are for bedtimes, but they are for us." -- Alexander Chee, author of Edinburgh and The Queen of the Night "Mallory Ortberg has the sloe gin wit of Dorothy Parker and the soul of a Classics nerd. It's like both of them sat next to each other in THE MERRY SPINSTER and gossiped away. The result is an absolute delight." --John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling author of Lock In and Redshirts, The Rumpus : "What to Read When 2018 is Right Around the Corner" NYLON: " 50 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2018" The Huffington Post: "60 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2018" Esquire: "27 Best Books of 2018" Bustle: "35 Most Anticipated Books of 2018" ELLE: "21 Best Books of 2018 "A wholly satisfying blend of silliness, feminist critique, and deft prose makes this a collection of bedtime stories that will keep you up at night for all the right reasons." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Ortberg's sly, scathing renditions. . . .strike directly at the heart. . . . .The book brings the shock of the new and the shock of recognition into play at the same time; it's a tour de force of skill, daring, and hard-earned bravura." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Dark and dreadful and persistently clever. Ortberg bloodily turns familiar tales inside out." -- Rainbow Rowell, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Carry On "A collection of stories delectable, formidable, and nimble. As a fantasist and short story writer, Mallory Ortberg is without peer." --Kelly Link, author of Get in Trouble "Dear Reader: It would, truthfully, be simplest to call the stories in THE MERRY SPINSTER 'retellings,' but that word does not adequately capture their dark alchemy. Mallory Ortberg has created a Frankenstein's monster of familiar narratives. . .[that swings] between Terry Pratchett's satirical jocularity and Angela Carter's sinister, shrewd storytelling, and the result is gorgeous, unsettling, splenic, cruel, and wickedly smart. I've never read anything quite like them, and I bet, Dear Reader, that you haven't either." -- Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties: Stories "Mallory Ortberg has a voracious appetite for poison apples, and a genius for finding the places in fairyland where all the bodies are buried. The Merry Spinster will ruin your most-loved fables, in the best possible way." -- Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the Sky "The secret to THE MERRY SPINSTER, I think, is that she never wanted to be your wicked stepmother--she was too busy. There are uncanny slivers of delight and recognition mixed here with the wit we all love Ortberg for, but here that wit is wielded with new force. If fairy tales are ways to describe the rules we don't dare put down on paper, in her hands they become ways to challenge those, or even to write new rules. I don't know if these stories are for bedtimes, but they are for us." -- Alexander Chee, author of Edinburgh and The Queen of the Night "Mallory Ortberg has the sloe gin wit of Dorothy Parker and the soul of a Classics nerd. It's like both of them sat next to each other in THE MERRY SPINSTER and gossiped away. The result is an absolute delight." --John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling author of Lock In and Redshirts, "Dark and dreadful and persistently clever. Ortberg bloodily turns familiar tales inside out." -- Rainbow Rowell, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Carry On "A collection of stories delectable, formidable, and nimble. As a fantasist and short story writer, Mallory Ortberg is without peer." --Kelly Link, author of Get in Trouble and Pretty Monsters "Dear Reader: It would, truthfully, be simplest to call the stories in THE MERRY SPINSTER 'retellings,' but that word does not adequately capture their dark alchemy. Mallory Ortberg has created a Frankenstein's monster of familiar narratives. . .[that swings] between Terry Pratchett's satirical jocularity and Angela Carter's sinister, shrewd storytelling, and the result is gorgeous, unsettling, splenic, cruel, and wickedly smart. I've never read anything quite like them, and I bet, Dear Reader, that you haven't either." -- Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties: Stories "Mallory Ortberg has a voracious appetite for poison apples, and a genius for finding the places in fairyland where all the bodies are buried. The Merry Spinster will ruin your most-loved fables, in the best possible way." -- Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the Sky "The secret to THE MERRY SPINSTER, I think, is that she never wanted to be your wicked stepmother--she was too busy. There are uncanny slivers of delight and recognition mixed here with the wit we all love Ortberg for, but here that wit is wielded with new force. If fairy tales are ways to describe the rules we don't dare put down on paper, in her hands they become ways to challenge those, or even to write new rules. I don't know if these stories are for bedtimes, but they are for us." -- Alexander Chee, author of Edinburgh and The Queen of the Night "Mallory Ortberg has the sloe gin wit of Dorothy Parker and the soul of a Classics nerd. It's like both of them sat next to each other in THE MERRY SPINSTER and gossiped away. The result is an absolute delight." --John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling author of Lock In and Redshirts, The Rumpus : "What to Read When 2018 is Right Around the Corner" NYLON: " 50 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2018" The Huffington Post: "60 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2018" Esquire: "27 Best Books of 2018" Bustle: "35 Most Anticipated Books of 2018" ELLE: "21 Best Books of 2018 AV Club: "10 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2018" The Millions: "Most Anticipated: The Great 2018 Book Preview" Cosmo: "Most Anticipated Books of 2018" BuzzFeed: "The 33 Most Exciting New Books Of 2018" "A wholly satisfying blend of silliness, feminist critique, and deft prose makes this a collection of bedtime stories that will keep you up at night for all the right reasons." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Ortberg's sly, scathing renditions. . . .strike directly at the heart. . . . .The book brings the shock of the new and the shock of recognition into play at the same time; it's a tour de force of skill, daring, and hard-earned bravura." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Dark and dreadful and persistently clever. Ortberg bloodily turns familiar tales inside out." -- Rainbow Rowell, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Carry On "A collection of stories delectable, formidable, and nimble. As a fantasist and short story writer, Mallory Ortberg is without peer." --Kelly Link, author of Get in Trouble "Dear Reader: It would, truthfully, be simplest to call the stories in THE MERRY SPINSTER 'retellings,' but that word does not adequately capture their dark alchemy. Mallory Ortberg has created a Frankenstein's monster of familiar narratives. . .[that swings] between Terry Pratchett's satirical jocularity and Angela Carter's sinister, shrewd storytelling, and the result is gorgeous, unsettling, splenic, cruel, and wickedly smart. I've never read anything quite like them, and I bet, Dear Reader, that you haven't either." -- Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties: Stories "Mallory Ortberg has a voracious appetite for poison apples, and a genius for finding the places in fairyland where all the bodies are buried. The Merry Spinster will ruin your most-loved fables, in the best possible way." -- Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the Sky "The secret to THE MERRY SPINSTER, I think, is that she never wanted to be your wicked stepmother--she was too busy. There are uncanny slivers of delight and recognition mixed here with the wit we all love Ortberg for, but here that wit is wielded with new force. If fairy tales are ways to describe the rules we don't dare put down on paper, in her hands they become ways to challenge those, or even to write new rules. I don't know if these stories are for bedtimes, but they are for us." -- Alexander Chee, author of Edinburgh and The Queen of the Night "Mallory Ortberg has the sloe gin wit of Dorothy Parker and the soul of a Classics nerd. It's like both of them sat next to each other in THE MERRY SPINSTER and gossiped away. The result is an absolute delight." --John Scalzi, New York Times bestselling author of Lock In and Redshirts, "Dark and dreadful and persistently clever. Ortberg bloodily turns familiar tales inside out." -- Rainbow Rowell, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Carry On "Dear Reader: It would, truthfully, be simplest to call the stories in THE MERRY SPINSTER 'retellings,' but that word does not adequately capture their dark alchemy. Mallory Ortberg has created a Frankenstein's monster of familiar narratives. . .[that swings] between Terry Pratchett's satirical jocularity and Angela Carter's sinister, shrewd storytelling, and the result is gorgeous, unsettling, splenic, cruel, and wickedly smart. I've never read anything quite like them, and I bet, Dear Reader, that you haven't either." -- Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties: Stories "Mallory Ortberg has a voracious appetite for poison apples, and a genius for finding the places in fairyland where all the bodies are buried. The Merry Spinster will ruin your most-loved fables, in the best possible way." -- Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the Sky "The secret to THE MERRY SPINSTER, I think, is that she never wanted to be your wicked stepmother--she was too busy. There are uncanny slivers of delight and recognition mixed here with the wit we all love Ortberg for, but here that wit is wielded with new force. If fairy tales are ways to describe the rules we don't dare put down on paper, in her hands they become ways to challenge those, or even to write new rules. I don't know if these stories are for bedtimes, but they are for us." -- Alexander Chee, author of Edinburgh and The Queen of the Night, "Dark and dreadful and persistently clever. Ortberg bloodily turns familiar tales inside out." --Rainbow Rowell, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Carry On "Dear Reader: It would, truthfully, be simplest to call the stories in THE MERRY SPINSTER 'retellings,' but that word does not adequately capture their dark alchemy. Mallory Ortberg has created a Frankenstein's monster of familiar narratives. . .[that swings] between Terry Pratchett's satirical jocularity and Angela Carter's sinister, shrewd storytelling, and the result is gorgeous, unsettling, splenic, cruel, and wickedly smart. I've never read anything quite like them, and I bet, Dear Reader, that you haven't either." --Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties: Stories "Mallory Ortberg has a voracious appetite for poison apples, and a genius for finding the places in fairyland where all the bodies are buried. The Merry Spinster will ruin your most-loved fables, in the best possible way." -- Charlie Jane Anders, author of All the Birds in the Sky "The secret to THE MERRY SPINSTER, I think, is that she never wanted to be your wicked stepmother--she was too busy. There are uncanny slivers of delight and recognition mixed here with the wit we all love Ortberg for, but here that wit is wielded with new force. If fairy tales are ways to describe the rules we don't dare put down on paper, in her hands, they become ways to challenge those, or even to write new rules. I don't know if these stories are for bedtimes, but they are for us." --Alexander Chee, author of Edinburgh and The Queen of the Night
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23
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813.6
Synopsis
"Empowering, subversive. . . . Daniel M. Lavery twists fairy tales into elegant garrotes. . . . There's not a single weak link in the cat's-breath chain of this collection." -- The New York Times Book Review Adapted from the beloved "Children's Stories Made Horrific" series, The Merry Spinster takes up the trademark wit that endeared Daniel M. Lavery to readers of both The Toast and the bestselling debut Texts from Jane Eyre . Sinister and inviting, familiar and alien all at the same time, The Merry Spinster twists traditional children's stories and fairy tales with elements of psychological horror, emotional clarity, and a keen sense of feminist mischief. Unfalteringly faithful to its beloved source material, The Merry Spinster also illuminates the unsuspected and frequently alarming emotional complexities at play in the stories we tell ourselves, and each other, as we tuck ourselves in for the night., From Mallory Ortberg comes a collection of darkly mischievous stories based on classic fairy tales. Adapted from the beloved "Children's Stories Made Horrific" series, "The Merry Spinster" takes up the trademark wit that endeared Ortberg to readers of both The Toast and the best-selling debut Texts From Jane Eyre . The feature has become among the most popular on the site, with each entry bringing in tens of thousands of views, as the stories proved a perfect vehicle for Ortberg's eye for deconstruction and destabilization. Sinister and inviting, familiar and alien all at the same time, The Merry Spinster updates traditional children's stories and fairy tales with elements of psychological horror, emotional clarity, and a keen sense of feminist mischief. Readers of The Toast will instantly recognize Ortberg's boisterous good humor and uber-nerd swagger: those new to Ortberg's oeuvre will delight in this collection's unique spin on fiction, where something a bit mischievous and unsettling is always at work just beneath the surface. Unfalteringly faithful to its beloved source material, The Merry Spinster also illuminates the unsuspected, and frequently, alarming emotional complexities at play in the stories we tell ourselves, and each other, as we tuck ourselves in for the night. Bed time will never be the same.
LC Classification Number
PS3615.R72A6 2018
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- 1***r (187)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseHow can I give a feed back when I haven’t received my korres body serum. Today is Thursday, I was supposed to get it Tuesday!
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