Dirty Love: Library Edition

from jwood652

This book is actually four separate novellas, dealing with four different relationships. They are only slightly joined by mentions of people or places from another story. Each one is completely different and interesting in its own way. I enjoyed them all but would argue that they are more about l...

from froxgirl

I loved "Dirty Love". Four barely linked stories standing on their own in and around Hampton Beach, New Hampshire and Salisbury, MA, lands of discontent. "Listen Carefully as our Options Have Changed" is a sad tale of unfulfillment and how much we marrieds can be unknown each to each. "Marla" set...

from jayne_charles

I'm not normally a fan of short stories, but I like this author and I gave it a go. I found it a difficult read overall - some of the stories have a tendency to skip about in time to such a degree that I found them impossible to follow. In general, the ones I preferred were the ones that didn't d...

from bibleblaster

Dubus is quickly becoming one of my favorite contemporary writers. Something like Richard Yates, you know it's going to be heartbreaking but you can't stop reading. And Dubus (unlike Yates) manages to evoke hope even though he looks unflinchingly at the pain that life can bring. I thought I would...

from icolford

Andre Dubus writes about characters whose troubles mirror our own. They are worried about money, getting to work on time, their children, their spouses, their aging parents... But within a framework that on the surface appears simple, Dubus finds a way to probe his characters' lives and personal ...