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The Safety of Objects
The Safety of Objects: Stories | A. M. Homes
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The breakthrough story collection that established A. M. Homes as one of the most daring writers of her generation Originally published in 1990 to wide critical acclaim, this extraordinary first collection of stories by A. M. Homes confronts the real and the surreal on even terms to create a disturbing and sometimes hilarious vision of the American dream. Included here are "Adults Alone," in which a couple drops their kids off at Grandma's and gives themselves over to ten days of Nintendo, porn videos, and crack; "A Real Doll," in which a girl's blond Barbie doll seduces her teenaged brother; and "Looking for Johnny," in which a kidnapped boy, having failed to meet his abductor's expectations, is returned home. These stories, by turns satirical, perverse, unsettling, and utterly believable, expose the dangers of ordinary life even as their characters stay hidden behind the disguises they have so carefully created.
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Of the 10 short unrelated stories, most are tightly written and succinct, few overstay their welcome. Homes paints fully realized characters in each, and she's unafraid to examine darker corners of humanity or moral grey areas, and at the same time has some fun. Enjoyable, tho not wholly satisfying.

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Finally finished reading my last ebook, so time for a new book! Never read any of her work but my friend recommended it.

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