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Ordinary Life: Stories

3.9/5 ( ratings)

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.

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” that have become trademark of Berg's writing. The Charlotte Observer has said, “Berg captures the way women think as well as any writer.” Those qualities of wisdom and perception are everywhere present in Ordinary Life.

Ordinary life: A love story --
Departure from normal --
Things we used to believe --
Caretaking --
Sweet refuge --
Take this quiz --
Martin's letter to Nan --
What stays --
White dwarf --
Matchmaker --
One time at Christmas, in my sister's bathroom --
Regrets only --
Thief --
Today's special

Language: English

Pages: 224

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Release: May 13, 2003

ISBN: 0812968131

ISBN 13: 9780812968132

Ordinary Life: Stories

3.9/5 ( ratings)

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.

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” that have become trademark of Berg's writing. The Charlotte Observer has said, “Berg captures the way women think as well as any writer.” Those qualities of wisdom and perception are everywhere present in Ordinary Life.

Ordinary life: A love story --
Departure from normal --
Things we used to believe --
Caretaking --
Sweet refuge --
Take this quiz --
Martin's letter to Nan --
What stays --
White dwarf --
Matchmaker --
One time at Christmas, in my sister's bathroom --
Regrets only --
Thief --
Today's special

Language: English

Pages: 224

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Release: May 13, 2003

ISBN: 0812968131

ISBN 13: 9780812968132

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