num_pages: 144
description: This first collection of fifteen stories deals with the strategies of emotional survival and offers sharp, brittle, and intelligent looks at staying alive, at how to manage a life truly one's own, and how to resist becoming a victim
language: English
title: Reasons to Live
titlecomplete: Reasons to Live (Contemporary American Fiction)
genres: Fiction, American, The United States Of America, Short Stories, Womens, Literature, Contemporary, Short Story Collection, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 3188
awards: awardedAt: 473414400000
name: California Book Award
category: Fiction (Silver)
publisher: Penguin Books