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I Knew You'd Be Lovely

by Alethea Black (Goodreads Author)

3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 · rating details · 449 ratings · 123 reviews

Alethea Black's deeply moving and wholly original debut features a coterie of memorable characters who have reached emotional crossroads in their lives. Brimming with humor, irony, and insights about the unpredictable nature of life, the unbearable beauty of fate, and the power that one moment, or one decision, can have to transform us,I Knew You'd Be Lovely delivers that...more

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Published July 5th 2011 by Broadway (first published June 7th 2011)

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Jul 11, 2011 Jeanette rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: all-fiction, short-stories, four-star-fiction, av

If you don't usually read short stories, consider making an exception for this entertaining little collection.
There are plenty of good reasons to read these stories, but the best reason of all is just for pure delight. Alethea Black is someone you'd like to have for a friend so you could enjoy her playful nature and the funny lines she loves to share. Every day when I sat down to read a story or two, I couldn't wait to find out what new way she'd find to delight me.

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Apr 28, 2012 Richard Gilbert rated it 5 of 5 stars

These are funny, sexy, wise stories; some are sad, yet somehow they’re always hopeful. Maybe my favorite story, perhaps partly because I read it first, on line at Narrative magazine, and imprinted on its tough beauty, is “The Only Way Out is Through.” The story is about a man trying to help his angry, disturbed son by taking him on a camping trip. The boy is suicidal, too, it turns out, and their trip is one long crisis. The narrative features an unusual flash-forward, deftly handled, that’s as...more These are funny, sexy, wise stories; some are sad, yet somehow they’re always hopeful. Maybe my favorite story, perhaps partly because I read it first, on line at Narrative magazine, and imprinted on its tough beauty, is “The Only Way Out is Through.” The story is about a man trying to help his angry, disturbed son by taking him on a camping trip. The boy is suicidal, too, it turns out, and their trip is one long crisis. The narrative features an unusual flash-forward, deftly handled, that’s as thrilling as it is surprising.

A neat feature of I Knew You’d Be Lovely is that Black included Author’s Notes in the back on twelve of the thirteen stories, and says about “The Only Way Out is Through” that she had to put her head down and cry a couple times while writing it.

The story not so illuminated by commentary is “Someday is Today,” and it’s explained by the collection’s dedication, in memory of Black’s brother in law and to her widowed sister and their four daughters. Black might have written the story as an essay (see her wry essay about being a night-owl on the Narrative site), but her bent seems to turn more often to fiction, and this lyrical story, unbound by strict allegiance to whatever the literal facts, sustains a remarkable depth of feeling.

In “Someday is Today” an unnamed woman arrives to help in the wake of the death of her unnamed sister’s husband, and she struggles to comfort her sister and to care for the couple’s three young girls. Sorrow, the visiting woman-narrator says, has made the widow “a little girl again,” the girl she knew when they were growing up. But there’s a new tension between them, partly because the single woman doesn’t know how to care for children and partly because she can’t share the depth of her sister’s grief. And also because she’s religious and her sister isn’t.

As the children’s mother keens, their wacky aunt teaches them words far beyond their abilities—orientation and omniscient; she buys them whatever they want at House of Pancakes, bounces with them on a trampoline, and endlessly re-watches with them The Sound of Music. Auntie tells them an age-inappropriate but very funny joke (with which I’ve tortured my entire family). Yet, despite her rapport and love for the girls, this sensitive woman balks when asked to agree to take them if her sister dies young like her husband. And though she’s allowed to talk to the children about God, when she reveals that she anointed her dying brother in law with blessed oil and said to him words by Annie Dillard (from Holy the Firm)—“Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? Or who shall stand in his holy place? There is no one but us . . . There never has been”—her widowed sister is furious.

I realize I’ve picked the collection’s two heaviest stories to highlight. But the scenes here between the well-meaning aunt and her young nieces are tender and funny (which only makes the situation more heartbreaking), and the story is so perfect and suffused with such profound emotion that it is life-affirming and inspiring.

There are moments and snatches of conversation in this collection that are so real and apt that you just know Black pounced on them in real time. Which isn’t to say they aren’t deeply imagined. Even when the outcome of a story is improbable, as when a beautiful young doctor leaves a party with a man she’s just met, possibly bound for bed, it is believable partly because you want to believe. Another of those stories is “Good in a Crisis,” about a young high school English teacher, who, questioning her calling, tracks down the cool high school teacher she’d had a crush on. “He sometimes had a little BO, she remembered, which Ginny’s adolescent self had found oddly sexy. Mainly, though, he had the peculiar beauty of a person in love with what he does.”

These stories are all really about love, I guess, and anyone who has been there knows that love is transcendent: earthbound rules don’t fully apply.

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Feb 28, 2012 Bonnie Brody rated it 5 of 5 stars

Alethea Black has written a wonderful compilation of short stories, every one very good and some brilliant. I can hardly believe this is her debut collection as it is so polished and mature. She tackles diverse themes in her stories such as epiphanies, passion, regret, transitions, new beginnings, loss, and problems with intimacy and connection. Most of the stories deal with attaining wisdom through learning from past mistakes. The protagonist often reflects back on what went wrong and then move...more Alethea Black has written a wonderful compilation of short stories, every one very good and some brilliant. I can hardly believe this is her debut collection as it is so polished and mature. She tackles diverse themes in her stories such as epiphanies, passion, regret, transitions, new beginnings, loss, and problems with intimacy and connection. Most of the stories deal with attaining wisdom through learning from past mistakes. The protagonist often reflects back on what went wrong and then moves on to some significant life change. I liked that Ms. Black included Author's Notes at the back of the book. These notes told how the stories developed and were written from her perspective. It was a very helpful addition to the book.

'We Cannot Speak' is about Bradley, a divorced Englishman, who has lived in the states for two years. His marriage broke up because of his emotional inaccessability. At a New Years Eve party he meets a young woman who is speechless because of laryngitis. She uses a pad and paper to communicate. He is attracted to her but does not know how to begin speaking and get involved. "He wanted to ask her, 'How does anyone ever begin?'" He let himself follow her body language as they left the party together, relying less on the verbal. Another story, similar in theme is 'The Laziest Form of Revelation'. It is about an artist who is painting a portrait of his girlfriend. She is a compulsive talker and he believes that true revelations come from what is observed and unsaid.

One of my favorites in the collection is 'Good in a Crisis'. It tells of a woman who is struggling with whether to continue teaching or leave the field. At the same time she tries to reconcile her love of solitude and her difficulties with intimacy with a chance at love. She seeks out her mentor from high school and quietly struggles to connect without fear.

'The Thing Itself' is about a man who's has had premonitions all his life, most of which have come true in one form or another. The last time he had a premonition, he was mugged. He tries to tell himself that his present premonition of great change coming might not be something that happens TO him but rather, something he creates by making a big change in his life. The ending is a great surprise.

In 'Mollusk Makes a Comeback', Katie is in a bad way. She's lost two jobs in two weeks, her phone's been disconnected and her car's been towed. She has no idea where she's going in life but she is determined to survive. "All you have to do is try" she tells herself, while also realizing that much of life is out of our control.

In the title story,' I knew You'd Be Lovely', a young woman finds out that her partner is having an emotional affair. He and the 'other woman' are corresponding frequently by snail mail. Hannah decides to invite Sydney, the other woman, for Tom's birthday to have a celebration-a-trois. She ends up finding Sydney as lovely as Tom does.

'We've Got a Great Future Behind Us' is about a country singer in dire financial straits. He decides to call in some chits. He asks a bitterly divorced couple, once famous country singers, to pay up on an old promise - to write a song for him. Their hatred of one another is palpable. Meanwhile the country singer is torn about legitimizing his own relationship with his partner. Does he marry her or leave things in the status quo and continue to live together without marriage?

There are many excellent stories in this collection of thirteen of Ms. Black's work. I highly recommend this book to lovers of short stories or to those who have wanted to try short stories but haven't given them a try yet. These stories are accessible, interesting, and thought-provoking. Alethea Black is a writer to look out for in the future. She is writing a novel and I highly look forward to reading it.
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Sep 25, 2011 Julie Ekkers rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction

I loved this collection of short stories, which are about ordinary people feeling their way toward authenticity and connection. One of the stories closes with this line: "Somewhere there would be a good part, waiting to begin." I so loved that the author, by the end of most of these stories, for most of the characters, has given those characters a glimmer of the beginning of the good parts. In so doing, she makes this a very uplifting and hopeful read.

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Sep 14, 2011 AllAmerican IndianGirl rated it 3 of 5 stars

The reason why I rarely read short story collections is that I presume they lack the time to draw me deep enough into the lives and minds of the characters. And I know that’s unfair. So I’m glad that I had the chance to meet with Alethea Black, whose debut short story collection I Knew You’d Be Lovely took it more than a step further. The collection yanked me back (via the reflections of her characters) into the mindset of some of the most restless times of my own life. And it allowed me to vie...more

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Jun 21, 2011 Theresa rated it 5 of 5 stars

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As a child, my mother had given me a book of short stories written just for girls. The characters were ones I could identify with, making it a treasure that I read over and over. I carried it with me everywhere I went, and I shared it with my dearest and closest friends. I have not come across a book like that since...until now.

"I Knew You'd Be Lovely" is a collection of thirteen heartwarming and touching stories that one can easily identify with. They are real and so true to life; touching on s...more

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Apr 27, 2011 Autumn rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: general-fiction

I Knew You'd Be Lovely is a brilliant collection of short stories. It's so brilliant, in fact, that it may be too much for some readers.

Do not read I Knew You'd Be Lovely if you have ever broken up with a boyfriend or girlfriend, been divorced, are going through a divorce, are thinking of divorce, or your parents are divorced. Do not read this book if you had sisters who were your best friends, or sisters who were total strangers to you. Do not read this book if you have ever suffered heartache...more

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Jun 22, 2012 Stephen Kiernan rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is a fine new voice, clever and energetic, funny without resorting to constant irony as many humorists do, with a gift at creating the moment of change -- not epiphany but decision -- and moments that will break your heart in a lovely way.

The book is a collection of stories, the narrators varied and situations various. But the keen observation and nearly fastidious details (as well as quite a few jokes) make each story an engaging and vivid read.

The characters in these stories are always o...more

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Dec 28, 2011 Larry Hoffer rated it 5 of 5 stars

Short story fans, or those who simply love great fiction writing, go out and pick up Alethea Black's magnificent story collection (or download it onto your eReader), I Knew You'd Be Lovely. I read this collection in one day and nearly every story left me moved beyond words, intrigued, amused, or simply amazed at Black's abilities. (And sometimes more than one of those happened simultaneously!)

The characters in each of Black's stories are at some sort of emotional crossroads. In the incredibly mo...more

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Jun 08, 2011 Jill rated it 5 of 5 stars

Every now and then, a debut short story collection appears that makes me sit up and take notice – Interpreter of Maladies, In Other Rooms, Other Wonders, and You Are Not A Stranger here, to name three. Alethea Black has taken her place as a short story writer who shows amazing promise.

Some of the stories in I Knew You’d Be Lovely are very good and others are excellent. There are none that are bad. She writes like a dream, summing up the unpredictable human condition with insight and perceptive a...more Every now and then, a debut short story collection appears that makes me sit up and take notice – Interpreter of Maladies, In Other Rooms, Other Wonders, and You Are Not A Stranger here, to name three. Alethea Black has taken her place as a short story writer who shows amazing promise.

Some of the stories in I Knew You’d Be Lovely are very good and others are excellent. There are none that are bad. She writes like a dream, summing up the unpredictable human condition with insight and perceptive and more often than not, a subtle
sense of humor.

It took me two-thirds of the way until I had that “eureka” moment: “Aha, this is a book about beginnings.” Take her story That Of Which We Cannot Speak, for example. Bradley, a man who is struggling to find his way back to center after his marriage implodes, meets an attractive doctor with laryngitis at a noisy party. They communicate with a clipboard and, in an unspoken way, find a connection.

Or take the story The Only Way Out Is Through. An accidental father takes his very emotionally disturbed son on a camping trip. An act of impending horror is the catalyst for him to reveal the magical time of the son’s birth, ending with, “Sometimes you don’t know what you want until you get it.”

Or, one of my favorites, Good In A Crisis. Ginny, an aloof teacher, is resolved to avoid marriage at all costs, supporting her aversion with specific examples: a good friend’s husband taped The X-Files over their wedding videos. Eventually, she finds her way to her first crush, her older and still attractive and single high school teacher. The story of their meeting is real and poignant and fresh a Ginny starts “climbing the stairs – very slowly, like a woman sleepwalking, incapable of imaging the dream that awaits her when she wakes up.”

The title story I Knew You’d Be Lovely, focuses on Hannah, a woman who is searching for the perfect gift for Tom, one this is “prescient, ingenious, unique, unforgettable.” I won’t spoil the fun in revealing what that “gift” turns out to be.

At the end of the book, Alethea Black writes, “I love it when authors share the backstories to stories and snippets about their creative process.” And she proceeds to do just that, letting the reader know what inspired her to write each story.

Except one.

That story closes the collection and it’s called Someday is Today, a highly personal and poignant story about the death of her young brother-in-law and a potentially life-altering decision that her sister requests of her. It is a beautifully-written and in its own way, it, too, is about new beginnings.
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Jul 15, 2011 Jackie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 5-star, pleasure-reading, work-review-related-reading

If every short story writer was able to write with such succinct intensity and blazing purity of message, I'd be a much bigger fan of the genre. At the very least, I am now a HUGE fan of debut author Alethea Black. There are thirteen stories in this amazingly slim volume, but the quality of reading experience for each and every one of them rivals many novels that are told in ten times the pages. She is able to use just a few words to convey a highly charged emotional setting, getting you complet...more

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Aug 11, 2011 Rachel rated it 5 of 5 stars

I loved this collection of quiet stories. Black's style seems effortless; she manages to draw the pivotal moments in an understated, but profound manner. Her characters are earnest, but with a sense of humor and even (especially?) the misguided characters seem like people I'd befriend.

One of my favorite excerpts, from "Proof of Love":

"During the Gospel reading, the priest said, 'May all who have ears hear,' to which Kelly quickly prayed, 'Give everybody ears.' At the end of Mass it was announced...more

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Sep 05, 2011 Brian rated it 5 of 5 stars

So I'll just admit I'm a sucker for short stories. There's something about such small windows into life that gets me every time, and for a truly excellent writer, I always marvel at how they managed to pack so much character, so much feeling into a mere few pages. This is one of those collections.

Alethea Black is more in touch with the human soul than most. Almost every single story in this collection touched me to my core, even when it was Ms. Black's hilarity rather than her sadness. The stand...more

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Aug 04, 2012 Donna Barnes rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: book-i-ve-read-in-2012

For my Book Club I read this short story collection and another by Elizabeth Berg --- I enjoyed Elizabeth Berg's better because the stories seemed to end better. However, there were a few that I really, really liked --- for example, the first one with the clipboard . These stories were all about relationships, and I found that very valuable of a theme --- then the next 4 or 5 stories I liked, but they had what I would consider, ineffective endings ---up in the air. Sometimes that works, but thes...more

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Apr 05, 2012 Kateri Ewing rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012

I read short stories for the little glimpses into a life. For when I don't have the attention span to commit to a novel. For when I only have a half an hour or so before bed and I want to close a book feeling the satisfaction of completing something. I don't mind stories that leave me wanting more, or that end with the door open wide enough for my own imagination to carry it forward. The stories in Black's slim volume left me with plenty to think about, and also in awe of how much can be given i...more

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Jan 09, 2012 Karen rated it 4 of 5 stars

These stories are very beautiful, creative, and well-written. I liked some more than others, but as a whole collection, what most impressed me was the tone: a combination of melancholy, tenderness, gentle humor, heartbreak, and hope. I loved "That of Which We Cannot Speak," "The Thing Itself," "We've Got a Great Future Behind Us," and "Someday is Today." I thought some of the dialogue was too clever and stilted, and I wished the collection had not been so entirely heterosexual (there seem to be...more

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Dec 11, 2012 Elizabeth rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: sc-alum-book-club

I actually really enjoyed I Knew You'd Be Lovely. I'm not usually a fan of short stories because I think they tend to lack the depth of a full length novel, but I thought the author did a really good job of catching the reader's attention with interesting openings sentences and then ending with a lack of finality. Obviously I liked some of the stories better than others. I wasn't a fan of The Only Way Out is Through, but I really liked Mollusk Makes a Comeback and Someday is Today. A lot of the...more

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Aug 15, 2011 Tara Leu rated it 3 of 5 stars

These stories are fun and sweet and light, but maybe too light. They have a sort of anectodal quality, where it almost feels like details were thrown in because they amused the author rather than because they had any real bearing on the story or any deeper meaning. They're almost on the Jennifer Wiener end of the spectrum, but not quite.

Even thought it wasn't my favorite, I still tore through it, and I have lots of people to recommend it to (people who maybe want something a little lighter or d...more

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Jul 24, 2011 Kathy Hiester rated it 5 of 5 stars

I Knew You'd Be Lovely is a collection of thirteen uplifting and poignant stories that one can easily identify with. Again this was a great book to keep in the car for those short trips when you are a passenger. The stories in the collections are real, touching on subjects that will make you grin, stir up past memories or tug at your heart. Because of this I was actually able to put the book down and relish each one as an individual work. This collection has made my favorites list and I bought a...more

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Jul 06, 2012 Jessica Ward rated it 5 of 5 stars

I bought this when going to B&N foe coffee. It was in the notable fiction section by the escalators, was 20% off and had a great T.S. Elliot quote at the front. I didn't even realize it was short stories until I got home. I haven't bought or connected with short stories in awhile, but I LOVED these. I tore the book up folding down pages and underlining parts. It made me laugh out loud and think about and admit to parts of my humanity I've gotten pretty good at avoiding. It was great. I want...more

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Sep 16, 2011 Erica rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: shortstories, fiction

I have several gift cards from a large, impersonal bookseller... one that is still in business, and does indeed have physical bookstores. Because there is no expiration date, I tend to save them for the proverbial rainy day -- when I could really use a pick-me-up about which I do not feel compelled to feel guilty. This was one such purchase, based purely on the wonderful title and the stunning comments on the back cover.

I'm usually not a big fan of short stories... although I am realizing that m...more

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Oct 11, 2012 Kristina Franken rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: first-reads-tops-shelf, reading-challange

In high school and college English majors are often made to read the short story. I am grateful for this fact. "Parker's Back" by O'Conner, Faulkner's "Barn Burnings" and Miss Emily's Rose" are examples of the vignette medium that powerfully moved me. But, as a whole, for the past 50 years, I have mainly read novels, selfishly demanding more; more experience.; more in-depth character study; more profound connection. Alethea Black, the author of "I Knew You Would Be Lovely" brought me back to the...more

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May 20, 2012 Aditi Prabhu rated it 3 of 5 stars

These are inventive, touching stories with a tad of mystery. I really liked the writing and frequently found myself wanting to underline or remember a creative or thought-provoking turn of phrase. I liked some stories more than others -- Mollusk Makes a Comeback was probably my favorite and the title story was my least. Overall, a captivating and enjoyable read, if a bit light -- the characters were sometimes too stylized and broad-brushed for me to form strong attachments.

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Oct 20, 2012 Kimberly Walton Mayden rated it 3 of 5 stars

Exceptionally well-written collection of short stories in which the main character is at a turning point in their life.

I felt as if the stories somewhat left you hanging. I wanted to know more about the characters and where their situations led, but I suppose that is the nature of short stories.

I did like the appendix in which the author included her inspiration on writing each story.

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Jul 23, 2011 Elaine Lincoln rated it 4 of 5 stars

This one seems to range all over the place. They're all fun, though, and readable and quick, and the one about the woman falling in love with her old English teacher will surely strike home with a lot of readers. The title story I found very strange, and I'm still not sure what to make of it. It was really almost pornographic, although I'm not sure I mean that in a bad way. Still mulling it over.

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Jul 22, 2011 Dani rated it 4 of 5 stars

Short stories with relatable characters and story lines. CAN'T PUT IT DOWN. I know I love a book when I'm reading it in a busy/noisy place (nail salon) and everything happening around me is muted. That is this book. Also, if you're feeling down or discouraged, this books stories will uplift you and give you hope with a message (in my own words): "Things have a way of working themselves out. Keep showing up for life."

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Jul 08, 2012 Abbie rated it 5 of 5 stars

If all anthologies are like this, then I must read more of them. This book was pitch-perfect.

What I loved about it was that each story was its own entity. Each story had a beginning and a middle and an end and, despite the brevity of the stories, most of them had characters who I grew to care about.

That's some feat, you know. I can't choose an absolute favorite, except to say that Katie's instilled a little something in me. These stories are beautiful, lovable, and you absolutely must read them...more

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Feb 02, 2013 Courtney Coover rated it 3 of 5 stars

After the 3rd chapter I had this sinking feeling that I wouldn't be seeing any of these characters again and the book was a collection of short stories. This was indeed the case which bummed me out because I loved the first three stories the best. The book ended strong as well but could've done without a few of the stories in the middle. Overall a writer I would be happy to read again. I enjoyed the author insights at the end.

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Jun 06, 2012 Marianna Monaco rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: short-stories

satisfying and somewhat quirky stories. ALSO of extreme interest is the author's notes at the back of the book, where the author shares her backstories to her stories, and gives some snippets about her creative process.This helped me out on a story titled "The Thing Itself", which left me puzzled. Her hint in the author's notes made it all come clear.

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Aug 28, 2012 JacqiRose rated it 4 of 5 stars

I don't usually read collections of short stories. I had no idea this book was one until I started reading. I also may have chosen this book because my niece and the author have pretty much the same name, and there was something about the cover that I liked. These are not great reasons to choose a book, but I read it, and it was pretty lovely. There is even a line from one of the stories that keeps getting stuck in my head, complete with melody. This one definitely goes in the 'to share' box.

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Alethea Black was born in Boston and graduated from Harvard College in 1991. Her father was a mathematician, and for a long time she believed her name, the Greek word for truth, was his way of tipping his cap to the idea of absolutes. Then one day her mother overheard her and said, No, we got your name from a TV show. (Judd, for the Defense.)

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