num_pages: 208
description: "Smiley's stories lucidly explore the complexities of contemporary sexual and dometic life...the emotional and moral complexity that she uncovers in the characters of these resonant novellas confirms Jane Smiley's singular talent. ORDINARY LOVE AND GOOD WILL is an extraordinary achievement."THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLDORDINARY LOVEAt a reunion with her grown children, a woman recalls the long-ago affair that ended her relationship with their father--and changed all their lives irrevoccably.GOOD WILLDespite the carefully self-sufficient life he has designed for his small family, a man discovers that even the right choices have unexpected consequences--sometimes heart-breaking ones.
language: English
title: Ordinary Love and Good Will: Two Novellas
titlecomplete: Ordinary Love and Good Will: Two Novellas
genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Book Club, American Fiction, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Novella, Literary Fiction, Unfinished
ratings_count: 1584
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Ballantine Books