{"product_id":"lucky-girls-stories-isbn-9780062915221","title":"Lucky Girls: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNell Freudenberger’s brilliantly observed debut story collection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe debut collection of Nell Freudenberger, who first came to national attention with the 2001 \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003epublication of the title story, \u003ci\u003eLucky Girls \u003c\/i\u003eencompasses five novella length stories set in Southeast Asia and on the Indian subcontinent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn “Lucky Girls,” an American woman who has been involved in a five-year affair with a married Indian man feels bound, following his untimely death, to her memories of him and to her adopted country. And in “Letter from the Last Bastion,” a teenage girl begins a correspondence with a middle aged male novelist, who, having built his reputation writing about his experiences as a soldier in Vietnam, confides in her the secret truth of those experiences, and the lie that has defined his life as a man.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eThe debut collection of Nell Freudenberger, who first came to national attention with the 2001 \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e publication of the title story, \u003cem\u003eLucky Girls\u003c\/em\u003e encompasses five stories set in Southeast Asia and on the Indian subcontinent. They each bear the weight and substance of a short novella and are narrated by young women who find themselves, often as expatriates, face-to-face with the compelling circumstances of adult love. Living in unfamiliar places, according to new and often-frightening rules, these characters become vulnerable in unexpected ways and learn, as a result, to articulate the romantic attraction to landscapes and cultures that are strange to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn “Lucky Girls,” an American woman who has been involved in a five-year affair with a married Indian man feels bound, following his untimely death, to her memories of him and to her adopted country. And in “Letter from the Last Bastion,” a teenage girl begins a correspondence with a middle- aged male novelist, who, having built his reputation writing about his experiences as a soldier in Vietnam, confides in her the secret truth of those experiences, and the lie that has defined his life as a man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow in a new edition with a preface by the author, \u003cem\u003eLucky Girls\u003c\/em\u003e marked the arrival of a writer of exceptional talents, one whose generosity of spirit, clarity of intellect and emotion, and skill in storytelling set her among our most gifted and exciting voices.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Throughout the book...are moments of sharp humor and wise insight.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Lucky Girls is a beautiful story that has a graceful simplicity.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 22, Nell Freudenberger--arguably the summer’s hottest young writer--turned down a job at Random House. Smart move. She went to Bangkok instead, teaching English to 15-year-olds, and then spent the following summers exploring India. Her exotic travels, and the inevitable loneliness a foreigner feels in a borrowed country, shape the five stories in her eagerly awaited debut collection. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“These tales measure the distance between parents and daughters and natives and arrivistes with uncommon grace and a dash of Lorrie Moore-like deadpan. But it’s the final story -- a poignant collage of letter and novel in which a 17-year-old girl recounts the life and times of an author in his twilight -- that will leave you eagerly anticipating a Freudenberger novel.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Freudenberger is...a fantastic writer.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHouston Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Extraordinary stories.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Journal News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Every story in this remarkable collection reveals the emergence of a truly prodigious talent.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Ford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Skillful and assured...Freudenberger’s prose is smooth. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRaleigh News \u0026amp; Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Freudenberger’s] stories have the complex nuances of a mature writer.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpeakeasy magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In simple, elegant prose, she renders foreign landscapes with unsentimental precision.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Young writers as ambitious—and as good—as Nell Freudenberger give us reason for hope.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889010798821,"sku":"NP9780062915221","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062915221.jpg?v=1730230297","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/lucky-girls-stories-isbn-9780062915221","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}