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Author(s): Alix Ohlin (Author)
- Publisher: riverrun
- Publication Date: 7 Jun. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 320 pages
- ISBN-10: 1780871104
- ISBN-13: 9781780871103
Book Description
1996: Grace, a psychiatrist, juggles a suicidal boyfriend and a young patient’s impending abortion. 2002: Annie, a struggling actress, takes pity on a homeless girl and invites her into her New York apartment. 2006: Mitch, a divorced counsellor, finds that listening to other people’s problems takes his mind off his own. Ten years. Three lives. One truth: helping other people is infinitely simpler than helping yourself.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘a calm and life affirming centre in the midst of the chaos that is human existence’ Bookbag. ― Bookbag
‘a skilful story, which speaks strongly of how helping others is infinitely easier than helping yourself’ Image magazine. ―
Image Magazine‘A skillful storyteller … Impressively assured’ J.M. Coetzee. ―
JM Coetzee‘Expect to hear her spoken of in the same reverent breath as Lorrie Moore’ Heidi Julavits. ―
Heidi Julavits‘terrific and thought-provoking’ The Times. ―
The TImes‘This is a delicate and emotional journey that weaved in and out of the three main characters’ lives’ New Books. ―
New Books MagazineAbout the Author
Alix Ohlin is the author of one previous novel, The Missing Person, and the story collection Babylon and Other Stories. She was born in Montreal and graduated from Harvard and the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin. Her stories have appeared in Best New American Voices, Best American Short Stories and other publications, and she has received fellowships from the Canada Council for the Arts, The MacDowell Colony and Yaddo.
