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Party at the End of the World
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$31.00
Available on Jun 22, 2027 | 240 Pages
From the New York Times bestselling author of Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One, a collection of funny and moving stories about lesbians living in Florida
In each of the thirteen stories in Party at the End of the World, award-winning author Kristen Arnett explores the dynamics of lesbian relationships.
On first meeting, these women seem ordinary, easy to overlook. Yet with a deep understanding of character and an eye for the telling detail, Arnett brings these people to vivid life. From a wife who is confronted by an angry gas station clerk to a sister who tracks down her sibling in a closed amusement park, the women in these tales reveal the fears they harbor, the desires they hold, and the ambitions they nurture.
With central Florida as the setting—with its mix of old and new, real and ersatz—and with the humor that Arnett is known for, Party at the End of the World mines nuggets of emotional insight from the everyday lives of queer women, revealing much about what we all share.
In each of the thirteen stories in Party at the End of the World, award-winning author Kristen Arnett explores the dynamics of lesbian relationships.
On first meeting, these women seem ordinary, easy to overlook. Yet with a deep understanding of character and an eye for the telling detail, Arnett brings these people to vivid life. From a wife who is confronted by an angry gas station clerk to a sister who tracks down her sibling in a closed amusement park, the women in these tales reveal the fears they harbor, the desires they hold, and the ambitions they nurture.
With central Florida as the setting—with its mix of old and new, real and ersatz—and with the humor that Arnett is known for, Party at the End of the World mines nuggets of emotional insight from the everyday lives of queer women, revealing much about what we all share.
Author
Kristen Arnett
Kristen Arnett is the award-winning author of the novels Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One, which was a finalist for the Southern Book Prize, was shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Prize, and was awarded a silver medal from The Florida Book Awards; With Teeth, which was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in fiction; and the New York Times bestselling Mostly Dead Things, which was also a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in fiction and was shortlisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, TIME, Vogue, The Cut, Oprah Magazine, PBS Newshour, The Guardian, Salon, The Washington Post, and elsewhere. She lives in Orlando, Florida.
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