I Know Some Things: Stories About Childhood by Contemporary Writers
by Lorrie Moore
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Read in June, 2008
Like stories dealing with geriatrics, I have a strong aversion to those generally categorized as "coming-of-age." I don't know why. Maybe I've read so many of both. Which would mean that I've read a lot of really bad ones--those that attempt to take gratuitous tugs at my heart strings. But the stories in this anthology are examples of "coming-of-age" at its very finest. I appreciated the craft in all of them, enjoyed most of them and really loved: "Gryphon" by Char...more
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Read in May, 2007
Some excellent stories - some not so much. Even those I didn't enjoy as much overall still rang true in certain respects, so I probably liked the collection more than my "3" rating reflects.
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