Show Don't Tell
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9760593446739
ISBN
9780593446737

Show Don't Tell: Stories

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$28.00
Author
Sittenfeld, Curtis

On Sale Date: February 25, 2025

A funny, fiercely intelligent, and moving collection exploring marriage, friendship, fame, and artistic ambitionā€”including a story that revisits the main character from Curtis Sittenfeldā€™s iconic novel Prepā€”from the New York Times bestselling author of Eligible and Romantic Comedy

In her second story collection, Sittenfeld shows why sheā€™s as beloved for her short fiction as she is for her novels. In these dazzling stories, she conjures up characters so real that they seem like old friends, laying bare the moments when their long held beliefs are overturned.

In ā€œThe Patron Saints of Middle Age,ā€ a woman visits two friends she hasnā€™t seen since her divorce. In ā€œA for Alone,ā€ a married middle-aged artist embarks on a creative project intended to disprove the so-called Mike Pence Rule, which suggests that women and men canā€™t spend time alone without lusting after each other. And in ā€œLost but Not Forgotten,ā€ Sittenfeld gives readers of her novel Prep a window into the world of her beloved character Lee Fiora, decades later, when Lee attends an alumni reunion at her boarding school.

Hilarious, thought-provoking, and full of tenderness for her characters, Sittenfeldā€™s stories peel back layer after layer of our inner lives, keeping us riveted to the page with her utterly distinctive voice.

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Sally Milz is a sketch writer for The Night Owls, a late-night live comedy show that airs every Saturday. With a couple of heartbreaks under her belt, sheā€™s long abandoned the search for love, settling instead for the occasional hook-up, career success, and a close relationship with her stepfather to round out a satisfying life. But when Sallyā€™s friend and fellow writer Danny Horst begins dating Annabel, a glamorous actress who guest-hosted the show, he joins the not-so-exclusive group of talented but average-looking and even dorky men at the showā€”and in society at largeā€”whoā€™ve gotten romantically involved with incredibly beautiful and accomplished women. Sally channels her annoyance into a sketch called the Danny Horst Rule, poking fun at this phenomenon while underscoring how unlikely it is that the reverse would ever happen for a woman. Enter Noah Brewster, a pop music sensation with a reputation for dating models, who signed on as both host and musical guest for this weekā€™s show. Dazzled by his charms, Sally hits it off with Noah instantly, and as they collaborate on one sketch after another, she begins to wonder if there might actually be sparks flying. But this isnā€™t a romantic comedyā€”itā€™s real life. And in real life, someone like him would never date someone like her . . . right? With her keen observations and trademark ability to bring complex women to life on the page, Curtis Sittenfeld explores the neurosis-inducing and heart-fluttering wonder of love, while slyly dissecting the social rituals of romance and gender relations in the modern age.
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