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Maureen corrigan, fresh air, npr tassie is achingly real and, thanks to moore s nimble prose, an unbeatable guide through the thicket of early adulthood. In this novel by lorrie moore, theres a sense that she has wrung every last drop of mirth and meaning from dispiriting surroundings. On first reading a gate at the stairs, one can become not frustrated, exactly, but impatient with moore s determinedly lackadaisical way of proceeding. Read free book excerpt from a gate at the stairs by lorrie moore, page 1 of 4. Lorrie moore s new novel, about a midwestern college student who hires on as a nanny for a brainy couple, brandishes its big material about war and racism in a resolutely insouciant key. Lorrie moore is the author of the story collections like life, selfhelp, and birds of america, and the novels who will run the frog hospital. For much of moore s first novel in 15 yearsher short stories have established her as something of a stateside alice munrotassies eye and ear are. A gate at the stairs by lorrie moore the new york times. Lorrie moore, author of a gate at the stairs, on librarything. The novel won s best of the month designation and was a finalist for the penfaulkner award and the orange prize for fiction. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them.
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