Edith Pearlman

When asked to describe her short stories, Edith Pearlman replied that they are stories about people in peculiar circumstances aching to “Do the Right Thing.” She elaborated with the same wit and intimacy that make her stories a delight to read: Before I was a writer, I was a reader; and reading remains a necessary activity, occupying several joyous hours of every day. I like novels, essays, and biographies; but most of all I like the short story:...

Presents a collection of short stories full of teenage drug use, anorexia, cruise-ship stowaways, and a widowed nail tech who finds herself falling for a client.