Product Description "Invigorating . . . Savagely effective . . . Displays the same wit and ironic compassion that gained so many fans for her novels." --The New York Times Book Review
Modern stories for modern times, Crash Diet is at once brilliant and bitter, happy and heartbreaking. In eleven stories, acclaimed novelist Jill McCorkle tells the varied tales of today's southern women, the lives they end up leading, and the loves that distract them. Sandra knows that the best revenge is her ex-husband's credit card; Ruthie is stuck owning a motel that the highway has bypassed; Anna is a widow who goes to airports and looks in on other people's lives; Bunny waits eagerly for her absent sister's postcards for advice on how to live.
Stuck in the slow lane, gunning their motors, they are women living the real life, hoping things will get better, but surprised when they occasionally do.
Wow! This woman can writeAugust 15, 2001 At Your Service(Hampton Roads, VA) 3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I found "Crash Diet" in a pile of books and was intrigued by the title. It was a collection of short stories by a southern writer. Usually, with a collection of stories - there is sure to be a couple that you don't care for - but not with this collection.
Each female protagonist was her own charachter. I felt as though I knew each one of them through Ms. McCorkle's description and characterization. Some funny, some sad - all uniquely interesting.
I highly reccomend this book.
Very enjoyableJune 22, 2000 anibani(Cambridgeshire) 2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I loved the many stories in this book. The protagonists are all female, but they are of different ages, situations and dilemmas. Jill McCorkle shows a lot of humor and wisdom in telling their stories.
Surprisingly good!June 3, 1998 boo5967@aol.com(Gaithersburg, Maryland) The women featured in these short stories are wonderfully strong, deep, resonant characters. I was impressed with the author's range--she is masterful and moving with everyone from confused teenage girls to lonely elderly widows. Each of these stories is a gem. I loved this book and recommend it highly.
Crash Diet is Satisfying!June 14, 2005 CaliforniaMDS(Los Angeles) What a great writer Jill McCorkle is. I started on the short story collection to see if I liked her work, and now I'm looking forward to reading Ferris Beach and some of her novels. Crash Diet's stories have a southern flavor, but they aren't overdone caricatures. A wonderful collection of stories by a very talented author.
McCorkle always a pleasureAugust 3, 1998 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Crash Diet reveals McCorkle's strengths as a writer of the New South, which I first enjoyed several years ago in July 7th and Tending to Virginia. It's like I was never gone; her comic style intertwines effortlessly with the truly sympathetic in this collection of short fiction. There are lots of voices here, all of women grappling with changes in their lives that have brought chaos, rather than order. The pieces were written across a span of years and the author's propensity to drop topical references to our disposable culture can be a little distracting when moving from one story to another, as you inevitably pause to recall just when "Falcon Crest" or "The New Newlyweds Game" was hot. But that's just a little itch, and it doesn't date the material.
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