American Housewife (Paperback)

from thealtereggo

I really liked this collection of stories. They were each different, but all had a dark sense of humor. It was a different perspective on the traditional idea of the American housewife without really being a book about American housewives. It made me want to read more by this author to hear what ...

from nivramkoorb

I hard about this book during a review of Jenny Offill's book Weather. I always like to read humorous books as a break from "literary fiction". Ellis writes about housewives engaged in very off the wall activities. In one story the main character's husband "The Fitter" has the unique skill of bei...

from bell7

These twelve short stories introduce you to housewives from the one who explains "What I do all day" to the writer having quite a block on her novel sponsored by Tampax. Helen Ellis is hilarious in person, and her sometimes dark humor comes through in these stories as well. My personal favorite w...

from quzy

I don't often read short story collections. Why? I can only say it's because of the investment. After I read the first story, it's like the first chapter of a "normal" book, I want to keep turning the pages. BUT, short story collections need to be savored and I usually am not the savory kind of r...

from sszkutak

I got a glimpse of the first story in this book through an email from Shelf Awareness and decided that I HAD to read this book - luckily it was on Netgalley at the time so I snatched it up. I have been loving short stories and graphic novels lately so this made me feel like I was accomplishing so...