![]() Gay is an admirable risk-taker in her exploration of women’s lives and new ways to tell their stories. Unified in theme-the struggles of women claiming independence for themselves-but wide-ranging in conception and form. ![]() Whether focusing on assault survivors, single mothers, or women who drown their guilt in wine and bad boyfriends, Gay’s fantastic collection is challenging, quirky, and memorable. Library Journal, Starred ReviewĪ powerful collection of short stories about difficult, troubled, headstrong, and unconventional women. This work will appeal to lovers of literary and feminist fiction. Gay returns with Difficult Women, a collection of stories of rare force and beauty, of hardscrabble lives, passionate loves, and quirky and vexed human. Gay expands her writing prowess with this collection featuring colorful women protagonists. BooklistĪstonishing, arresting, and staggering. ![]() Be they writer, scientist, or stripper, Gay’s women suffer grave abuses, mourn unfathomable losses, love hard, and work harder. ![]()
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