You think it, I'll say it : stories

Author

Curtis Sittenfeld

Call Number

• FICTION SITT (CEN, OSH)

Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Random House, [2018]

Physical Description

226 pages ; 22 cm

Summary

A dazzling collection of short stories from the New York Times bestselling author of Prep, American Wife, and Eligible Curtis Sittenfeld has established a reputation as a sharp chronicler of the modern age who humanizes her subjects even as she skewers them. Now, with this first collection of short fiction, her "astonishing gift for creating characters that take up residence in readers' heads" ( The Washington Post ) is showcased like never before. Throughout the ten stories in You Think It, I'll Say It, Sittenfeld upends assumptions about class, relationships, and gender roles in a nation that feels both adrift and viscerally divided. In "The World Has Many Butterflies," married acquaintances play a strangely intimate game with devastating consequences. In "Vox Clamantis in Deserto," a shy Ivy League student learns the truth about a classmate's seemingly enviable life. In "A Regular Couple," a high-powered lawyer honeymooning with her husband is caught off guard by the appearance of the girl who tormented her in high school. And in "The Prairie Wife," a suburban mother of two fantasizes about the downfall of an old friend whose wholesome-lifestyle empire may or may not be built on a lie.

Contents

• Gender studies
• The world has many butterflies
• Vox Clamantis in deserto
• Bad latch
• Plausible deniability
• A regular couple
• Off the record
• The prairie wife
• Volunteers are shining stars
• Do-over.