Self-Help. Stories by Lorrie Moore
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. 1st Edition. Octavo, publisher's pale gray cloth over pale gray paper-covered boards, spine stamped in silver, original printed dust jacket.
"Love drains you, takes with it much of your blood sugar and water weight. You are like a house slowly losing its electricity, the fans slowing, the lights dimming and flickering; the clocks stop and go and stop." First edition of award-winning American writer Lorrie Moore's debut collection of short stories. Impressively published when she was only 28, Moore’s cohesive and at times heart-wrenching collection is composed of nine tragically hilarious stories that parody the irresistible self-help hype of the 1980s neoliberalized landscape. Dust jacket designed by Patricia Manzone. Unclipped dust jacket with minor soiling. Near fine. Item #8285
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