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Life and Other Shortcomings
Life and Other Shortcomings: Stories | Corie Adjmi
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Life and Other Shortcomings is a collection of linked short stories that takes the reader from New Orleans to New York City to Madrid, and from 1970 to the present day. The women in these twelve stories make a number of different choices: some work, others dont; some stay married, some get divorced; others never marry at all. Through each characters intimate journey, specific truths are revealed about what it means to be a womanin relationship with another person, in a particular culture and eraand how these conditions ultimately affect her relationship with herself. The stories as a whole depict patriarchy, showing what still might be, but certainly what was, for some women in this country before the #MeToo movement. Both a cautionary tale and a captivating window into womens lives, Life and Other Shortcomings is required reading for anyone interested in an honest, incisive, and compelling portrayal of the female experience.
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Life and Other Shortcomings: Stories | Corie Adjmi
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It took me a minute to figure out these stories are interconnected, but each story features a connection to Callie (the narrator of the first story) from her marriage in the 90s to her childhood friends in the 70s to the final story featuring characters Callie dreamed up in the first. Characters face internet temptations, divorce, and health crises. I think you‘d love this great #JewishLit collection @Cinfhen ! A very enjoyable read!

Megabooks @Cinfhen I think you‘d especially enjoy that not only is it Jewish Lit but also it‘s set in greater New York and that Callie and her friends are young mothers in the 90s. #relatable!! 3y
BarbaraBB This sounds good Meg! 3y
Cinfhen #stacked ❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️ 3y
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Megabooks @Cinfhen @barbarabb it‘s a great, short collection. The US edition is only 155 pages. I very much enjoyed this!! 3y
Cinfhen Do you think print over audio/ since it‘s a short story collection?? 3y
Megabooks @Cinfhen I prefer print for story collections always. 3y
Cinfhen I was able to find the ebook on hoopla so looks like it‘s gonna be print ☺️ 3y
Megabooks @Cinfhen Awesome! I hope you enjoy it! 3y
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Life and Other Shortcomings: Stories | Corie Adjmi
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It‘s a rainy, laying-in-bed, short-story-reading kind of Saturday. Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend (and that your weather is better)! 🌧💜

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ju.ca.no Same weather unfortunately but books make rainy weeksends so much better💙 3y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Enjoy!!!! 3y
Crazeedi Raining and cold at the lake too! Tomorrow looks better but fairly cool 3y
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Cinfhen Why does it always rain memorial weekend?? 3y
Megabooks @ju.ca.no That is so true! 3y
Megabooks @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks It‘s good so far! 3y
Megabooks @Crazeedi Ugh! I hope it‘s better weather tomorrow. 💜 3y
Megabooks @Cinfhen Idk, but I‘m having deja vu that we had this conversation last Memorial Day! 😂😂 3y
Cinfhen Hahaha that sounds SOOOOOO familiar 3y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Megabooks yay!! 3y
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Life and Other Shortcomings: Stories | Corie Adjmi
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Thanks to Corie Adjmi for the ARC of Life and Other Shortcomings in exchange for an honest review. The book will be published on Tuesday, August 4.⠀
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Corie Adjmi‘s short story collection Life and Other Shortcomings circles around a central group of friends who we meet in the first story. “Dinner Conversation” introduces three couples whose ties originated in different ways: childhood friendships, new meetings, parenthood. ⬇️

UnabridgedPod The connections seem tenuous at times, but as Adjmi builds her collection, she reveals the subtle whims of all relationships, the way that friendships can be cemented or shattered in a moment.⠀
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Adjmi‘s writing is spare and beautiful. There‘s a subtlety that means the power of each story sneaks up on the reader, building to climaxes whose impact can take time and thought to process. ⬇️ 4y
UnabridgedPod These epiphanies hit harder because of their gentleness: they aren‘t huge, obvious moments but instead minute shifts of perception. 4y
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