The only problem with Curtis Sittenfeld is that she doesn’t produce a new book every fortnight. She’s the American Helen Garner, intelligent, perceptive and so full of compassion for all us frail humans. Eligible and American Wife were both astonishingly good books, and so is You Think It, I’ll Say it. It’s a book about grown ups and the fact that our lives don’t get less complicated as we age, they just become complicated in different ways. The first story, The Nominee, is the kind you want press on people and say, “here – read this now, right now” and the others were equally absorbing. So just read it now, please. This book shows why short stories should survive and thrive.
