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Thank You for the Music: Stories
In 14 original stories, Jane McCafferty illuminates modern life weaving her love of music throughout the lives and stories of her characters. From two middle-aged strangers who meet in an empty baseball stadium during a rainstorm, to a 23-year-old man who brings his 62-year-old wife home to meet his parents, to a young couple who live next door to an unemployed clown and h...more
Paperback, 224 pages
Published
January 8th 2004
by Harper Perennial
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This collection of 14 stories is well written and thoughtful. I enjoyed some of the stories, but many of them were too dark or off-beat for my taste. In the story that appealed to me the most, a woman can't sleep and stays up late listening to Springsteen. At three in the morning, she hear's a knock on the door and finds a lost young man on her doorstep. Despite some misgivings, she invites him in. As they talk, share a meal and listen to Bruce sing their souls connect.
A cute novel that intertwines music with the various short stores McCafferty presents. Stories that have a new spin and are fresh can range form living next door to a clown to two complete strangers who meet in an empty baseball stadium in the pouring rain. Although each story was different, music help them tie together and create a puzzle with various ideas put together. No matter what type of music one listens to it can unite people of all ages and of all kind. One simple song can take you bac...more
Thank You for the Music is a collection of 14 short stories all connected only by the presence of music to some extent. There's everything from a High Fidelity-esque mixed tapesession to 25-yr-old bringing home his 60-something bride to meet his parents for the first time to clowns obsessed with chicken. My personal favorite was written in the form of a letter to Bruce Springsteen.
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a wonderful collection of short stories all relating to the human conditions of happiness, longing, and loss. Sounds like a downer, but it really isn't. Since they are all short stories McCafferty is able to touch on all of these feelings without belaboring them.
I picked it up on a whim at the Printer's Row Boof Festival a few months back and am very glad I did.
I picked it up on a whim at the Printer's Row Boof Festival a few months back and am very glad I did.
Jane McCafferty should be read widely and often. This collection is a masterpiece of character, subtle thoughts and emotions, nuance. I felt so much recognition while reading these stories -- she has a true knack for perfectly expressing the less advertised facets of the human condition. Jane McCafferty pays attention and she gets it.
I am a short story fan, and these had much appeal. I especially liked the one about the two people who meet int he empty sports stadium and the one about the 20 somewthing who brings home his much older girlfriend to meet the parents. kept wondering what I'd think if my 20-something son did that.
Stories that focus on what it feels like to be just outside of the main story - and usually aching to be part of it. Lovely, lovely.
Short stories, some ok but not overly interesting.
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