Soft maniacs : stories /
Estep follows her first novel, "Diary of An Emotional Idiot, " with a set of linked stories that glimpses two women through the eyes of the men in their lives
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
c1999
[New York] : [1999], ©1999 [New York] : c1999 New York : [1999] |
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| Summary: | Estep follows her first novel, "Diary of An Emotional Idiot, " with a set of linked stories that glimpses two women through the eyes of the men in their lives Stories about women and sex. In The Patient, Jody brings home a lesbian lover who is then impregnated by Jody's boyfriend, while in Teeth, the same Jody, a psychiatrist, seduces a male patient "From Maggie Estep comes this darkly funny collection of interconnected stories."--BOOK JACKET At once frightening and hilarious, heartbreaking and hopeful, Soft Maniacs is an unforgettable exploration of how people find one another in an accelerated world."--BOOK JACKET Like Rob, the other men she meets cannot help but be caught and destroyed in the vortex she creates. Some flee to the relative safety of Jody's old acquaintance, Katie Murphy. Though a foul-mouthed former sex-phone operator, this lion tamer's daughter has come through life hopeful and intact."--BOOK JACKET "Jody Ray, a young psychiatrist, conceals her own nymphomania - and a penchant for stiletto boots - behind a conservative navy work suit. After Jody meets Rob and moves into his apartment, life for this nice, normal Jewish boy from Chicago will never be the same. Even without the speed she shoots to get through medical school, Jody's sexual and emotional demands would have pushed poor Rob to the suicide attempt that eventually turns him into one of her patients "Soft Maniacs traces the interwoven lives of these two women as they struggle to make their way in an erratic world they can't quite get a grasp on. Through sharp, vigorous prose, underlaid with a piercing wit. Maggie Estep leads us on a roller coaster tour of the underbelly of their psyches, surprising and delighting us at every turn |
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| Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | 220 p. ; 22 cm 220 p. ; 23 cm 220 pages ; 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 0684863332 9780684863337 |