A Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman: Complete Short Stories

A Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman: Complete Short

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A Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman: Complete Short Stories

A Day in the Life of a Smiling Woman: Complete Short

Written by Margaret Drabble
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The first story in this collection, "Les Liasions Dangereuses," appeared in Punch in 1964, when Drabble was a bright brand-new literary sensation. It is about a self-conscious young man at an intellectual party who accidentally sets a glamorous young woman’s hair on fire. Then came stories in Mademoiselle, The Saturday Evening Post, Ms, Cosmopolitan . . . stories of all the women Drabble has written about, and sometimes been, from the 1960s to the beginning of the twenty-first century.As always, her work is astoundingly perceptive, sharp, and funny. It embraces marriage, affairs, global warming, career success, real estate, genetics, gin-and-tonics, female friendships, mountain climbing, motherhood, and everything else that Drabble has taken an interest in over the past fifty years. This collection is a wonderful development for readers who already know and love her work—it’s almost like discovering fifteen new novels—but it’s also a terrific place to start.

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Language En-US
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published January 1, 2011
ISBN 8760088
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Margaret Drabble is the author of several novels. Originally from the East Coast, they now live in the Midwest with family. In addition to writing, Margaret Drabble enjoys gardening, cooking, and reading way past bedtime. Their work often explores the complexities of everyday life and human relationships.

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