Confessions of a Falling Woman and Other Stories is a 2008 short story collection by Debra Dean. It is a 2009 Paterson Fiction Prize winner,[1] and was on the longlist of the 2008 Florida Book Awards.[2]
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| Author | Debra Dean |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Published | 2008 (HarperCollins) |
| Publication place | USA |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 224 |
| ISBN | 9780060825324 |
| OCLC | 924436770 |
Reception
editA Guardian review of Confessions of a Falling Woman wrote "While Dean alternates between male and female narrators, there is an uncomfortable sameness." but concluded "...in these controlled, purposeful, slightly mocking stories, Dean vividly illuminates the present too."[3] The Financial Times wrote "She (Dean) knows the frailties and egocentricities of her thespian subjects well - and writes about them with wry eloquence."[4]
Confessions of a Falling Woman has also been reviewed by Publishers Weekly,[5] Kirkus Reviews,[6] Library Journal,[7] and Booklist.[7]
References
edit- ^ "The 2009 Paterson Fiction Prize" (PDF). pccc.edu. The Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
- ^ "2008 Florida Book Award Winners: General Fiction". floridabookawards.lib.fsu.edu. Florida State University Libraries. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
- ^ Catherine Taylor (November 1, 2008). "Fiction: Lives unlived". The Guardian. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
- ^ Melissa McClements (October 20, 2008). "Fiction: Confessions of a Falling Woman". Financial Times. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
- ^ "The Mirrored World". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. December 17, 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
Readers will certainly forget themselves in these sparkling stories, pausing over small, strange moments that change entire lives.
- ^ "Confessions of a Falling Woman". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. January 15, 2008. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
Dean has a fine appreciation for the way chance can save or doom careers and marriages.
- ^ a b "Confessions of a falling woman : and other stories". Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. Retrieved May 27, 2018.