Wife with Knife

By Molly Giles,

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Winner of the Pushcart Prize and the 

Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize

 "This collection is her best ever." AMY TAN
 Wife with Knife is a collection of quick and quirky short stories, that are an utter delight and winner of the Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize 2020

"Molly Giles’ stories have always


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1 author picked Wife with Knife as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Molly Giles has a distinctly hilarious, cutting (especially in the title story) voice as in this brilliant collection she dices into failed love affairs, adulterous catastrophes, and annoying canines.

I keep this particular book on my bedstand and refer to it repeatedly when I want to imbibe inspired cattiness. She has won lots of prizes and I can’t believe she isn’t a household name.

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