false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174587125m/420184.jpg 420184 6 Jayne Anne Phillips has always been a master of portraiture, both in her widely acclaimed novels and in her short fiction.  The stories in <b>Fast Lanes</b> demonstrated the breadth of her talent in a <i>tour de force</i> of voices, offering elegantly rendered views into the lives of characters torn between the liberation of detachment and the desire to connect.<br><br>Three stories are collected in this edition for the first time: in "Alma," and adolescent daughter is made the confidante of her lonely mother; "Counting" traces the history of a dommed love affair; and "Callie" evokes memories of the haunting death of a child in 1920's West Virginia.  Along with the original seven stories from <b>Fast Lanes</b>--each told in extraordinary first person narratives that have been hailed by critics as virtuoso performances--these incandescent portraits offer windows into the lives of an entire generation of Americans, demonstrating again and again why Jayne Anne Phillips remains one of our most powerful writers. 2728112 1984 Fast Lanes total:38|5:16|4:10|3:8|2:4| 38 152 56 4 5 0 false false Thu Jan 29 21:17:29 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 19:40:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 Wed May 27 02:59:44 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 03:00:13 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Feb 09 08:57:02 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 08:58:16 -0800 2008 Machine Dreams, but this version (the longest story in the collection) is more engaging in its focus, I think.]]> 2 0 true false Sun Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Sep 14 20:43:35 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 14 20:45:10 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Nov 14 12:25:58 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 12:25:58 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Sep 15 14:50:45 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 14:50:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 08 18:24:55 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 18:24:55 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Aug 04 19:12:34 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 19:12:34 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jul 22 17:44:24 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 17:44:24 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jun 03 16:51:28 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 16:51:28 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed May 27 04:03:22 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 04:03:22 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon May 25 15:57:47 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 15:57:47 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat May 23 18:49:32 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 17:07:16 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 18:49:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Apr 06 21:33:39 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 21:33:42 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun Mar 22 11:10:05 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 11:10:05 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Feb 15 20:37:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 20:37:00 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Feb 12 14:26:30 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 14:26:30 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Feb 11 08:18:54 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 08:18:54 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Feb 05 05:43:24 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 05:43:24 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jan 28 12:33:13 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 12:33:13 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=420184