num_pages: 154
description: With JERKS Sara Lippmann rides the proverbial clutch between wanting and having. Ambivalent mothers aging suburbanites restless teens survivalist parents and disaffected wivesdesire is a live wire however frayed a reminder that life for all its sputtering stall outs is still worth living. In a starred review Publishers Weekly says: Lippmann packs a great deal into a single turn of phrase balancing vulnerability and humor with luminescent prose. The compression and bursts of poignancy will remind readers of Kathy Fish and Amy Hempel.
language: English
title: JERKS
publisher: Mason Jar Press