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Reasons to Live
 

Reasons to Live: Stories by

by Amy Hempel

Hempel's now-classic collection of short fiction is peopled by complex characters who have discovered that their safety nets are not dependable and who must now learn to balance on the threads of wit, irony, and spirit. (read review)

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Angela L
  • Rated 2 stars

“This book relies on summaries to end the stories - something writers do early on when they don't know what to have HAPPEN at the end. I think Republicans would enjoy this writer. She's safe and kinda lame. (I read someone called her the "Paul Haggis of short stories!" HAH! Though I don't think she's THAT bad!)”

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  • Rated 4.392857 stars
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  • Rated 4 stars
  

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