You think it, I'll say it : stories /
by Sittenfeld, Curtis.
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BookPublisher: London : Doubleday, 2018Description: 280 pages ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780857525383 (hbk.) :; 0857525387 (hbk.) :.Subject(s): Short stories | General | Short StoriesSummary: In 'The World Has Many Butterflies', a married woman flirts with a man she meets at parties by playing You think it, I'll say it, putting into words the bitchy things she guesses he's thinking about their fellow guests. But she is in for a shock when, in time, she finds out what was really in his mind. 'The Nominee' sees Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail, confessing her surprising true feelings about a woman journalist she has sparred with over the years. In 'Gender Studies', a visiting academic sleeps with her taxi driver, for what turns out to be all the wrong reasons. The theme that unites these stories by Curtis Sittenfeld is how even the cleverest people tend to misread others, and how much we all deceive ourselves.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Hardback | Crosby Library | Adult Fiction | Available | 002956710X | ||||
| Book - Adult Hardback | Maghull Library | Adult Fiction | Available | 002956707X | ||||
| Book - Adult Hardback | Southport Library | Adult Fiction | Available | 002956708X |
In 'The World Has Many Butterflies', a married woman flirts with a man she meets at parties by playing You think it, I'll say it, putting into words the bitchy things she guesses he's thinking about their fellow guests. But she is in for a shock when, in time, she finds out what was really in his mind. 'The Nominee' sees Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail, confessing her surprising true feelings about a woman journalist she has sparred with over the years. In 'Gender Studies', a visiting academic sleeps with her taxi driver, for what turns out to be all the wrong reasons. The theme that unites these stories by Curtis Sittenfeld is how even the cleverest people tend to misread others, and how much we all deceive ourselves.
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