"Allison Amend is a gifted storyteller, whose view of contemporary life is often wonderfully acute, original, and surprising." - Alison Lurie, author of Foreign Affairs: a Novel
Allison Amend's writing is both thoughtful and entertaining, with a strong sense of humor throughout.
Allison Amend was born in Chicago, Illinois, on a day when the Cubs beat the Mets 2 - 0. She holds an MFA from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. While there, she learned never to live downwind from a pig farm and how to put English on a cue ball. She lives in New York, writing and teaching fiction.
Allison Amend's writing is both thoughtful and entertaining, with a strong sense of humor throughout.
Allison Amend was born in Chicago, Illinois, on a day when the Cubs beat the Mets 2 - 0. She holds an MFA from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. While there, she learned never to live downwind from a pig farm and how to put English on a cue ball. She lives in New York, writing and teaching fiction.
Praise for this book
"Allison Amend is a gifted storyteller, whose view of contemporary life is often wonderfully acute, original, and surprising." - Alison Lurie
"Allison Amend is a gifted storyteller - no, more than gifted. Her writing is powerful enough to create its own kind of weather. Her characters are so real it's as if you could reach between the pages and shake hands with them. If you want to read good stories, read this book." - Hannah Tinti
"Allison Amend is a gifted storyteller - no, more than gifted. Her writing is powerful enough to create its own kind of weather. Her characters are so real it's as if you could reach between the pages and shake hands with them. If you want to read good stories, read this book." - Hannah Tinti
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