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Taking Care

By Joy Williams

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By Joy Williams

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Jul 12, 1985 | ISBN 9780394729121

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Sep 15, 2010 | ISBN 9780307763846

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    About Taking Care

    From a true American master of the short story, comes a collection of disturbing, comic, and moving takes that find deeper meanings in ordinary domestic life. 

    In these “uncommonly good stories” (The Chicago Tribune) with unforgetable characters, places, and events—a young divorcee, a shared summer home, a troubled family, a wedding, the death of a pet—Williams takes her readers on journey after journey, as only she can.

    About Taking Care

    From a true American master of the short story, comes a collection of disturbing, comic, and moving takes that find deeper meanings in ordinary domestic life. 

    In these “uncommonly good stories” (The Chicago Tribune) with unforgetable characters, places, and events—a young divorcee, a shared summer home, a troubled family, a wedding, the death of a pet—Williams takes her readers on journey after journey, as only she can.

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    About Joy Williams

    JOY WILLIAMS is the author of four previous novels–including The Quick and the Dead, a runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize–and four collections of stories, as well as Ill Nature, a book of essays that was a finalist for the National… More about Joy Williams

    About Joy Williams

    JOY WILLIAMS is the author of four previous novels–including The Quick and the Dead, a runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize–and four collections of stories, as well as Ill Nature, a book of essays that was a finalist for the National… More about Joy Williams

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Vintage
    Jul 12, 1985 | 256 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780394729121

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Vintage
    Sep 15, 2010 | 256 Pages | ISBN 9780307763846

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    Praise

    “Prose of indiscriminate radiance. . . . These stories are closest in spirit to Flannery O’Connor and Joyce Carol Oates. Like fine music they circumvent the intellect . . . we gaze directly into the soul of her characters.” —The Washington Post

    “Wonderfull crisp writing, consistently percipient and witty.” —The New York Times Books Review

    “Uncommonly good stories: sharp-edged, smart about life, and mitred into this excellent collection with great care.” —The Chicago Tribune  

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