Ellen Currie

interesting that the author is from NJ as several of the stories seems to be UK based. Most are about domestic life - divorce, pregnancy, mistrust. Robbed and Exit Interview were the best for me.

Really disappointing. The reviews are great and it is a National Book Award Finalist so I had high hopes. The stories are well written, but the actions of the characters are completely unimaginable. Melodrama turned up a notch is parody, and this really isn't good parody. People don't talk like this or act like this. So many better short stories out there, this can easily go on the "pass" pile.