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by Emma Duffy-Comparone
A joyfully subversive and moving debut collection of stories about brilliant, broken women that are just the right amount wrong.
Whether diving into complicated relationships or wrestling with family ties, the girls and women who populate this collection―misfits and misanthropes, bickering sisters, responsible daughters, and unhappy wives―don't always find themselves making the best decisions. A woman struggles with a new kind of love triangle when she moves in with a divorced dad. A lonely teenage beach attendant finds uneasy comradeship with her boss. A high school English teacher gets pushed to her limits when a student plagiarizes.
Often caught between desire and duty, guilt and resentment, these characters discover what it means to get lost in love, and do what it takes to find themselves again. Utterly singular and wholly unforgettable, Duffy-Comparone's stories manage to be slyly, wickedly funny at even their darkest turns and herald the arrival of an irreverent and dazzling new voice.
"[B]old...Duffy-Comparone nails her characters in a mere few words...Heartrending prose and a sprinkling of humor make this one a winner." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Well-crafted, emotionally stirring work." - Kirkus Reviews
"Subtly female obligations—of caregiving, career, the ever-present need to cater to the male ego—[are] woven through each tale as sometimes sinister forces, and then picked apart with Comparone's edgy wit. Her protagonists are jagged, hard-edged women and girls, but they are also, in their unique and quirky way, quite lovable." - Vogue
"A witty, provocative short story collection, filled with women who are delightfully difficult and resolutely incapable of doing the 'right' thing, Love Like That is the kind of book you can snack on, dipping into a story here and there, or — and far more likely — inhale all in one sitting, as you find it impossible to wait even one more day to find out just where Emma Duffy-Comparone has decided to take you next." - Refinery29
"Emma Duffy-Comparone's debut is smart, witty, and razor-sharp. These stories perfectly capture the complications of love and heartbreak, longing and desire. The women and girls in Love Like That are written with precision and compassion and it is fascinating to eavesdrop on their lives, to witness the pivotal moments as they deal with family, lovers, children, and loss." - Jennifer Close, author of Girls in White Dresses and The Hopefuls
"Emma Duffy-Comparone is an extraordinary talent and Love Like That is an accomplished, masterful collection. These stories hinge on surprising intersections of emotion―devastation and hopefulness, heartbreak and hilarity, control and submission―allowing us the full impact of those precarious, life changing turns. Bold and smart, with a voice all her own, Emma Duffy-Comparone is a writer not to be missed." - Jill McCorkle, author of Hieroglyphics and Life After Life
"The stories in Love Like That are funny and raw and big-hearted. Duffy-Comparone acknowledges the people we want to be and puts crosshairs on the people we are and the places we are loved nonetheless. This collection is a grand tour of the human heart, a true pleasure to read." - Danielle Lazarin, author of Back Talk
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Emma Duffy-Comparone's fiction has appeared in Ploughshares, New England Review, One Story, AGNI, the Sun, The Pushcart Prize XXXIX & XLI, and elsewhere. A recipient of awards from the Bread Loaf and Sewanee Writers' Conferences, the MacDowell Colony, the Yaddo Corporation, and the Elizabeth George Foundation, she is an assistant professor of creative writing at Merrimack College. Love Like That is her first published book.
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