false 123893 3 Few literary debuts (and even fewer story collections) generate the kind of heated excitement and critical adoration that have greeted WHEN THE MESSENGER IS HOT-but Elizabeth Crane is the exception to many rules. Her stories, celebrated for their hilarity, their wry and intimate tone, and their keen insight, buzz with the acute ache of first loves and first heartbreaks, death and resurrection, addiction and recovery. The women whose lives Crane so tenderly yet unflinchingly opens up to us experience love and loss in a way that is at once uniquely their own and universal. 119299 2003 When the Messenger is Hot: Stories total:204|5:48|4:66|3:64|2:20|1:6| 204 742 305 42 4 1 false false Sat May 05 22:57:46 -0700 2007 Sat May 05 23:33:48 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Sun Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 21:04:55 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 19:08:37 -0700 2009
I liked these well enough. They were an extremely quick read- I read most of it during a session on the stationary bike. I still have to read the story with "New Zealand" in the title. T...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Oct 29 09:31:53 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 09:32:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 07:17:50 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 13 07:26:58 -0700 2008
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There are lots of stories in this book, so I'll just highlight a couple of my favorites....more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 06:16:34 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 06:50:07 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false true Mon Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Fri May 30 20:51:50 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 07 11:51:47 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 27 18:20:06 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 18:23:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Apr 10 07:55:03 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 20:34:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 07:57:28 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 07:58:59 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Sun May 25 08:44:59 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 08:20:10 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 01 12:00:52 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 09:23:13 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 12:00:52 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 22 21:29:59 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 21:30:56 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Jul 02 08:13:30 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 02 08:16:12 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 04:04:30 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 15:50:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Aug 04 12:39:17 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 12:55:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Aug 07 17:41:10 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 07 17:44:17 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 17 18:03:39 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 17 18:05:55 -0800 2007 Also,just saw one of the stories performed on the stage by the Steppenwolfe company.

Crane has this incredible manic, clipped voice that is totally addictive. Read all the stories in one sitting.]]> 5 0 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Jun 19 21:44:04 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 20 07:55:49 -0700 2007
life is given a new, more honest portrayal, in all of Elizabeth Crane's work. READ THIS.
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