War -- Leaving the colonel -- Talking to strangers -- The writers' model -- The language burier -- Cruise control -- Smoke and mirrors -- Beginning lessons -- The blessed among us -- Creek walk -- Maximum security -- Survival in the wilderness -- Can you ever forgive me? -- Untitled.
Summary:
A collection of stories by an observer of women's lives. In The Writers' Model, the narrator discusses the scarcity of strong female characters in today's male fiction, in Talking to Strangers, a woman's ghost describes the manner in which she was murdered, and War is on the irony of a pacifist who loves everyone in the world except her ex-husband. By the author of Rough Translations.
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