false 2721469 1 *An award-winning debut that features brave, tender, and bittersweeet takes on the quixotic search for love. An honest, absorbing debut fiction collection "Wifeshopping" centers on the ultimate human quest: the search for companionship, love, and understanding. These captivating stories feature American men, lovestarved and striving, who try and often fail to connect with the women they imagine could be their wives. Some of the women are fiancées, some are new girlfriends, some are strangers who cross the mens paths for only a few hours or moments. In Beaching It, an artist traveling on the summer circuit begins an affair with a rich, married local. In Me and Paul, a lonely traveler adopts an alter ego to help him impress a single mother. In Bill, a trip to a flea market highlights the essential differences between a man and his fiancée. Throughout this thoroughly entertaining read,Wingates sympathetic characterizations reveal both the hopefulness and the heartache behind our earnest but sometimes misguided attempts at intimacy. 2747066 1 7 2008 Wifeshopping: Stories total:14|5:4|4:4|3:1|2:3|1:2| 14 47 32 4 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 05:43:46 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 05:49:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 14:55:19 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 07 09:07:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 08:39:23 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 08:37:57 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Aug 28 09:33:39 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 28 09:34:03 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Jul 20 13:20:44 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 08:48:51 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 13:20:44 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat May 30 14:31:11 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 14:31:11 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed May 20 10:24:32 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 10:24:32 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue May 19 06:00:56 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 13:18:57 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 06:00:56 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 07:36:23 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 07:37:48 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 16:44:44 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 19:23:15 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Feb 20 15:17:33 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 15:17:33 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jan 23 08:11:47 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 15:25:28 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 08:11:47 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Sep 04 23:39:58 -0700 2009 Mon Jan 12 12:45:05 -0800 2009 Fri Sep 04 23:39:58 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 09 17:40:01 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 17:40:01 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Dec 31 21:11:47 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 21:11:54 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Dec 31 00:18:03 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 00:18:12 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sun Dec 21 08:49:36 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 08:49:36 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Fri Dec 19 08:33:31 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 08:33:31 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Dec 07 09:08:29 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 12:14:55 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 09:08:29 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Tue Oct 28 18:30:27 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 28 18:30:27 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2721469