Herself in Love

by Marianne Wiggins

Thirteen stories exploring life's highs and lows present a range of amazingly diverse voices and experiences from Dolores's discovery of unexpected wisdom in others to the story of love found by Herself

Genres: Short Stories, Fiction

Paperback

First published August 17, 1987

About the author

Marianne Wiggins is the author of seven books of fiction including John Dollar and Evidence of Things Unseen. She has won an NEA grant, the Whiting Writers' Award, and the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, and she was a National Book Award- and Pulitzer Prize-finalist in fiction for Evidence of Things Unseen.

Reviews

[Greta · Rating 2 out of 5]

If this had been the first collection of short stories that I read, then i wouldn't have ordered every book she's written to read more. Oh well,on to the next one. So far the Shadow Catcher has brought me the most reading pleasure.

[Michael Chasin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great stories from the best writing teacher I ever had.

[Hannah · Rating 2 out of 5]

“Green Park” and “Among the Impressionists” were my favorites in the book, the rest I didn’t really take to.

[Alondra Herrera · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ok

[Alan · Rating 4 out of 5]

1993 notebook: I loved 'Riding Up in Front.. ' - the broken down car they encounter where the women inside won't open the door. Also enjoyed 'Gamely Dancing' which is about a man who takes off on a train trip across America, always intending to ring and let his family know. He gets off at each station along the way, and one night goes out with the fireman at a red stop to check the lines, walking in perfect silence in the snow along a track for miles. Stories with a chance element in them. Dancing in the snow. Great stuff. Some stories, however, not as great...