Rebecca Barry
Författare till Later, at the Bar: A Novel in Stories
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One Big Happy Family: 18 Writers Talk About Open Adoption, Mixed Marriage, Polyamory, Househusbandry, Single… (2009) — Bidragsgivare — 111 exemplar
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Allmänna fakta
- Födelsedag
- 1968
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Bostadsorter
- New York, USA
- Utbildning
- Cornell University (BA)
Ohio State University (MFA) - Kort biografi
- Rebecca Barry's nonfiction has appeared in many publications, including Hallmark, Real Simple, the Washington Post Magazine, the New York Times, and Best American Travel Writing (2003). She currently lives in upstate New York with her husband and two sons whom she writes about on her blog, The Main Street Diaries. [adapted from One Big Happy Family (2009)]
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- Verk
- 2
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- 3
- Medlemmar
- 252
- Popularitet
- #90,785
- Betyg
- 3.6
- Recensioner
- 15
- ISBN
- 11
“Across the street she could see the mourners staggering out of the lodge, two or three at a time, some singing, one woman weeping. 'Say what you will about drunks,' she said out loud to the dark room around her, 'but no one will love you like they can.'”
I like linked stories and I like drinking, so this collection, centered around Lucy's Tavern, in a small town, in upstate New York, turned out to be a perfect fit for me. The same broken and lovelorn characters, weave in an out of these stories, buying rounds, mooching drinks, and finding someone to go home with, after “last call”. My friends know, I love my craft beer and an occasional cocktail, but drinking on this level, with this kind of reckless abandon, has no appeal for me, but I sure like reading about it. Another round, bartender!… (mer)