num_pages: 160
description: A debut collection of short fiction examines the richly varied lives of modern-day women--Greta, a cookbook editor; Nancy, a troubled nine-year-old girl; Delia, an abused wife; and others--in seven intriguing portraits of women of different ages and classes as they deal with fate, motherhood, infidelity, desperation, and other challenges of life. 45,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Personal Velocity
titlecomplete: Personal Velocity
genres: Fiction, Coming Of Age, Short Stories, The United States Of America, Media Tie In, Feminism, Novels, Contemporary
ratings_count: 788
publisher: Grove Pr