Kiss Me Someone Stories [Hardcover]

Bold and unapologetic, Karen ShepardsFaithlessness among women runs throughIn this captivating collection of stories, Karen Shepard turns her ever keen eye on women, and in her gaze is both love and a startling clarity. Readers of all kinds will find much to relish in this voice from its storytelling surprises to the insights and sharp observations it extends, over and over, to us on the other side of the page.Dark yet sensitive explorations of family and loveof all kindsfrom a masterful writer. The women at the centers of these stories are sharp-edged and complicated and irresistible; you wont be able to look away.[Shepard] is unflinching in her depictions ofself-destructive choices and betrayal as well as friendship and love. One ofher characters uses the phrase ecstatic friction . . . that term could applyto the whole no-holds-barred collection.There is such a wondrous variety in these highly accomplished stories. They are rich with invention, with acute (sometimes alarming) awareness, dazzling insight, and pure, word virtuosity.Shepard's writing is breathtaking in its ability to capture minor butrevelatory personal insights. With her crisp prose and sharp observations, sheviews characters with devastating and unflinching clarity. . . . ?Adaringly written dissection of raw emotion through short stories about women onthe edge and what they long for most.Shepards short stories explore relationshipsand familial love in all their messy complexity. [Her] unapologetically flawed characters make this collection an honest portrayal ofwomanhood.The stories in Karen Shepard's sharp collection?Shepard is so perceptive, we feel as if we are part of the scene ourselves . . . These stories, and the characters that inhabit them,?are so vivid, they will surely stay with readers for a good long while.Shepard's work can disturbbut her sharp prose and insights into the human psyche make it worth the read.A sharp and memorable collection.Shepardexcels ilc,