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    Inventing the Abbotts

    By Sue Miller

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    “Compelling. . . . What Miller offers . . . is a distinctive sensibility—a candid exploration of the frail and gritty truths about trying to love without harm or reprisal.”—Boston Globe

    From Sue Miller, author of the bestselling THE GOOD MOTHER and FAMILY PICTURES, this collection of short stories, INVENTING THE ABBOTTS, explores the treacherously shifting ground of erotic and family relationships with deftness and depth.

    The title story is about a young man who takes up successively with three daughters of the most fashionable family in town. In other stories, whose characters range from a young girl in the first blush of sexual curiosity to a stricken dowager whose seizures release a brutal and sometimes obscene candor, Sue Miller presents a compelling gallery of contemporary men and women with hungry hearts and dismayed consciences.

    With keen sensitivity and penetrating insight, Inventing the Abbotts will strike a chord with readers everywhere.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateMar 8, 2016
    ISBN9780062463494
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    Inventing the Abbotts
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    Sue Miller

    Sue Miller is the bestselling author of While I Was Gone, The Distinguished Guest, For Love, Family Pictures, Inventing the Abbotts, and The Good Mother. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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    • 3/5
      A nice collection of stories by Sue Miller. The stories focus on interpersonal and family relationships. Many explore erotic themes on the fringe. The title story is about 3 daughters who each one takes up with the same boy over a course of many years. Good writing and some unique and unusual twists.
    • 4/5
      Sue Miller - one of my favorite authors. Enjoyed it but not as great as the good mother or family pictures