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    Audiobook5 hours

    Other People We Married

    Written by Emma Straub

    Narrated by Coleen Marlo

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    A rising literary star debuts with twelve wry, poignant stories of love, hope, and transformation. In 'Some People Must Really Fall In Love,' an assistant professor takes halting steps into the awkward, adult world of office politics and blind dates while harboring feelings for one of her freshman students. Two grown sisters struggle with old assumptions about each other as they stumble to build a new relationship in 'A Map of Modern Palm Springs.' Rome is the setting of 'Puttanesca,' as two young widows move tentatively forward, still surrounded by ghosts and disappointments from the past. These twelve stories, filled with the sharp humor, emotional acuity, and joyful language that are sure to become Straub's hallmarks, announce the arrival of a major new talent.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDreamscape Media Audio
    Release dateFeb 7, 2012
    ISBN9781611205633
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    Other People We Married
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    Emma Straub

    Emma Straub lives in New York City. She is the author of a short-story collection, Other People We Married. Her first novel, Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures, is published by Picador.

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    • 3/5
      It's hard to write a review about a book of short stories. I liked some of them better than others. In all honesty, this was an accidental find. I was looking for books that had some mention of Amherst or Northampton, MA and this book came up in my search. Turned out only one of the stories mentioned those towns, and eh... it wasn't my favorite in the bunch. The title of the book intrigued me enough to get the book from Interlibrary Loan, but I'm not sure I would spend money on it in hindsight. One reviewer on Amazon mentioned that the stories are all about different places, but the reader doesn't necessarily get drawn into feeling like he/she is in those places. I won't argue about that, but I think the book is more about relationships than about Northampton, Martha's Vineyard, Wisconsin, New York State, California, Florida, or wherever else. It was an interesting read, and I did find myself eager to read it once I got going but I'm not about to go running out to read the author's other books either. A very middle-of-the road experience for me.
    • 4/5
      A meditation on solitude - that special solitude cultured in relationships. A well written collection of stories capturing all the nuances of despair, focussing on those moments when decisions are made that alter the day to day self-deceptions we most often subscribe to in our lives. A painful read, but one that is curiously optimistic as well.
    • 4/5
      Great, solid, funny, readable short stories. a greatly satisfying read!
    • 4/5
      Read from Jul 30-Aug 3, 2012 After seeing lots of good things about Emma Straub's writing and hearing many discuss how excited they are for Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures this fall, I thought it was time to give Straub's stories a chance. (And I've discovered short stories make for excellent lunchtime reading.)The great thing about short stories is that (doh) they're short and it's a great glimpse at someone's storytelling abilities. I found that I liked the earlier stories in the collection more than the later stories. Though each story in this collection has it's appeal. A couple really stood out for me and now that I've completed the collection, "Abraham's Enchanted Forest" is still my favorite. I think I liked it best because it had a bit more of a clear ending or maybe because it seemed to have a magical quality. I had a very clear picture of the enchanted forest without the story being pulled down by descriptions. That probably doesn't make sense, but that's all I've got.I'm definitely looking forward to reading more by Straub -- short stories, novels, articles. Everything. Her writing is certainly impressive.