Love Life (1989)

by Bobbie Ann Mason

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"One of the most highly regarded writers in America, the author of 'In Country' presents sixteen wise and potent stories that are mainly about small-town people coping with love: its kinds and degrees, its pressures and residues, its ties and kinks."

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I enjoyed the focus on everyday, generally working class lives, the stories’ fluency, and the gentle, rather closure-resistant endings. (

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Perennial Library

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Nothing But You: Love Stories From The New Yorker by New Yorker Magazine

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The Penguin Book of Women's Humour by Regina Barreca

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Love Life

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1989

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Opal lolls in her recliner, wearing the Coors cap her niece Jenny brought her from Colorado.

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Kakutani, Michiko

Moore, Lorrie

Willis, Meredith Sue

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