Description
A fresh, honest, and darkly funny debut collection about family, friends, and lovers, and the flaws that make us most human.Fearless, candid, and incredibly funny, Lauren Holmes is a newcomer who writes like a master. She tackles eros and intimacy with a deceptively light touch, a keen awareness of how their nervous systems tangle and sometimes short-circuit, and a genius for revealing our most vulnerable, spirited selves.
In โDesert Hearts,โ a woman takes a job selling sex toys in San Francisco rather than embark on the law career she pursued only for the sake of her father. In โPearl and the Swiss Guy Fall in Love,โ a woman realizes she much prefers the company of her pit bullโand herselfโto the neurotic foreign fling who wonโt decamp from her apartment. In โHow Am I Supposed to Talk to You?โ a daughter hauls a suitcase of lingerie to Mexico for her flighty, estranged mother to resell there, wondering whether her personal missionโto come outโis worth the same effort. And in โBarbara the Slut,โ a young woman with an autistic brother, a Princeton acceptance letter, and a love of sex navigates her high schoolโs toxic, slut-shaming culture with open eyes.
With heart, sass, and pitch-perfect characters, Barbara the Slut is a head-turning debut from a writer with a limitless career before her. ISBN:9780008123031
