Self-Help
Book description
From the national bestselling author of A Gate at the Stairs—and a master of contemporary American fiction—comes “a funny, cohesive, and moving collection of stories" (The New York Times Book Review).
In these tales of loss and pleasure, lovers and family, a woman learns to conduct an affair, a child…
Why read it?
1 author picked Self-Help as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I dig Lorrie Moore’s sense of humor in this book. Before I began my journey as a writer, I read the chapter “How to Become a Writer.” (Ironic, I know.) While this chapter pokes fun at the torture of being a writer, it also taught me that humor can help us feel like our obstacles aren’t so insurmountable.
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