Boys and Girls Like You and Me Stories

by Kyle, Aryn

• ISBN13: 9781416594819
• ISBN10: 1416594817
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-04-05
• Publisher: Scribner

Summary

ARYN KYLE, whose award-winning novelThe God of Animalswas hailed as "reason for readers to rejoice" (USA Today), turns her gift for storytelling to the lives of girls and women in this spectacular collection. These eleven stories showcase Kyle's keen eye for character, her humor, and her uncanny grasp of the loneliness, selfishness, and longing that underlie female experience. In "Nine," a young girl given to exaggeration escapes a humiliating ninth birthday celebration with the help of her father's new girlfriend. The dubious benefits of sleeping with one's boss are revealed when a bookstore manager defends an employee from an irate customer in the hilarious "Sex Scenes from a Chain Bookstore." A raid on a neighbor's meth lab strengthens the unlikely friendship between a solitary woman and a Goth teenage girl in "Boys and Girls Like You and Me." And in a notable exception to the rule, "Captain's Club" features a boy whose devotion to a lonely woman transforms his cruise vacation.In moments electric with sudden harmony or ruthless indifference, the girls and women in this collection provoke, beguile, and entertain. Writing with remarkable tenderness and wisdom, Kyle gives us a collection radiant with bittersweet revelations and startling insights, and secures her reputation as a major young talent.

Author Biography

Aryn Kyle is the author of the bestselling novel The God of Animals and a graduate of the University of Montana writing program. Her short stories have appeared in many publications including Best New American Voices 2005 and Best American Short Stories 2007. Her story Foaling Season won a National Magazine Award for Fiction for The Atlantic Monthly. She is also the recipient of the American Library Association's Alex Award, the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award, and other honors. She lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Brides	p. 1
Nine	p. 25
Economics	p. 49
Sex Scenes from a Chain Bookstore	p. 67
Captain's Club	p. 81
A Lot Like Fun	p. 111
Company of Strangers	p. 131
Take Care	p. 149
Femme	p. 173
Allegiance	p. 179
Boys and Girls Like You and Me	p. 207
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