All It Takes

by Patricia Volk

Stories deal with the relationships of sisters, mothers and daughters, and wives and their husbands

Genres: Fiction

224 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Patricia Volk is the author of the memoir Stuffed: Adventures of a Restaurant Family and four works of fiction. A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, she has taught at Columbia University, New York University, and Bennington College, and has written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, The New Yorker and Playboy. She lives in New York City.

Reviews

[amie · Rating 3 out of 5]

These were some interesting short stories. I liked but didn’t love them. The book advertises itself as being funny but the stories were more sad than anything. Not sure where the book came from- may have been one of Elliot’s.