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Help Yourself

Curtis Sittenfeld

Discover these fabulous stories by the bestselling author of ROMANTIC COMEDY, AMERICAN WIFE and YOU THINK IT, I'LL SAY IT.

'Nobody else writes with such precision and amusement' RED MAGAZINE

'Recommended for anyone who enjoys short stories. Delicious' PANDORA SYKES, The High-Low podcast ____________________________________

Sittenfeld's wryly hilarious and insightful new collection, HELP YOURSELF, illuminates human experience and gracefully upends our assumptions about class and race, envy and disappointment, gender and celebrity.

Suburban friends fall out after a racist encounter at a birthday party is caught on video and posted on Facebook; an illustrious Manhattan film crew are victims of their own snobbery when they underestimate a pre-school teacher from the Mid-West; and a group of young writers fight about love and narrative style as they compete for a prestigious bursary.

Connecting each of these three stories is Sittenfeld's truthful yet merciless eye. Full of tenderness and compassion, this dazzling collection celebrates our humanity in all its pettiness and glory.

A STYLIST Best Books for Autumn title Featured in the Sunday Times Guide to Culture

Praise for CURTIS SITTENFELD:

'You won't want these stories to end' REESE WITHERSPOON 'Perfect miniatures in deadpan prose' GUARDIAN 'Clear-eyed and compulsive' MAIL ON SUNDAY

GenresFictionFamily LifeLiteraryWomenShort Stories

96 pages

English edition · First published 2020 by Transworld Digital · ISBN 9781473585584

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