Delicate Edible Birds: And Other Stories (Hardcover)

from glade1

I loved Monsters of Templeton, so I looked up this title. I enjoyed it very much, especially the stories "Fugue," "Watershed," and "L. DeBard and Aliette." This author has a wonderful way with words and imagines interesting characters. I will keep my eye out for more of Groff's work.

from bettyandboo

Let's start with the title.Kinda creepy, huh? Or maybe it's the vegetarian in me that finds it so.Well, if you're interested sampling a great short story collection, move past the appetizer of a title and settle in for a treat. A delicacy, shall we say.Delicate Edible Birds is author Lauren Groff...

from Cariola

I enjoyed Groff's last two novels, Arcadia and Fates and Furies, so I decided to try this 2009 contemporary short story collection. Each story features a woman in a crisis situation, the result of which changes her life. In "Lucky Chow Fun," the teenage female captain of an otherwise all-male hig...

from stephaniechase

Groff feels more successful as a short story writer than as a novelist -- as with "The Monsters of Templeton" (and many short story collections in general), some of the writing is much more successful, and "Delicate Edible Birds" features a a couple of utterly transcendent pieces ("Watershed" and...

from bachaney

Lauren Groff's "Delicate Edible Birds" is a collection of nine short stories that deal with the intimate details of women's lives in the face of adversity. Unlike many story collections, each of Groff's stories is unique--they are all told by women of different ages, perspectives, and stations in...