Women and Children First Stories [Paperback]

“Reading [this book] is like driving down the road with a companion who is so smart and funny and insightful that her conversation transforms the landscape” (Jane Smiley, Pulitzer Prize–winning author ofA Thousand Acres).
 
The twelve “meticulously observed” stories ofWomen and Children FirstshowcaseNew York Times–bestselling author and National Book Award finalist Francine Prose at her finest—offering a glimpse into the lives of men and women searching for connection and meaning in a world that often seems pre-programmed for absurdity (The New York Times).
 
An adult daughter struggling to understand her father’s newfound Hasidic faith, an alcoholic trying to improve himself by fasting, a housewife enrolled in the New Consciousness Academy, a French literature professor who’s begun to fearMadame Bovary, and a young woman seeking direction from a Tibetan master in the company of neurotic, overeager followers—these are the achingly, hilariously real people who inhabit these “wise and witty” stories (Minneapolis Star-Tribune).
 

“Meticulously observed.” —The New York Times

“Reading Women and Children First is like driving down the road with a companion who is so smart and funny and insightful that her conversation transforms the landscape.” —Jane Smiley, author of A Thousand Acres

“Wise and witty.” —Minneapolis Star-Tribune