"Powerful and plausible…Beattie is a remarkable talent."–Chicago Sun-Times
"Ann Beattie’s stories are the most perceptive since Salinger’s. They are not just good writing, not just true to life; they have wonder in them and vision." — Mary Lee Settle
"Superb."–Boston Globe
"Talented and sensitive…works of vivid honesty and insight."– Washington Post
Also by Ann Beattie, available in Vintage Contemporaries: Chilly Scenes of Winter, Distortions, Falling in Place, Love Always, Picturing Will