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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16699.A_Model_World_and_Other_Stories?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="A Model World and Other Stories" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1166740676m/16699.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16699.A_Model_World_and_Other_Stories?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">A Model World and Other Stories</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2715.Michael_Chabon">Michael Chabon</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18563959?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 5 of 5 stars<br/>I was already a fan of Chabon's novels and just picked this one up during a short stories binge. The first few stories are fine but not mind blowing. But the last few stories (The stories about Nathan Shapiro) are in the same vein as Wonder Boys and Mysteries of Pittsburgh but so much more endearing. Nathan is a fairly normal suburban kid dealing with just growing up but with the added confusion of parents divorcing and moving on. What I liked is that the stories are not in any way melodramatic where the kids are basket cases and the parents are monsters. Everyone deals with the changes fairly well actually. But these stories ring true in a very authentic, non-showy way that is bittersweet in the best possible connotation of that word. <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/304835?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>