Self Storage and Other Stories (MVP)
. . . . Unlike so much new fiction today, these stories are not jagged little pills meant to evoke some dramatic literary response. Rather, these are sensitive, humane stories so artistically depicted that the reader senses an unfolding of everyday life, wondrous and sometimes quirky. The ideas developed are the special kernels of wisdom gathered through living, nuggets involving interesting characters with exquisite facets, brought to awareness to examine and enjoy for truth, beauty, strength, and understanding.. . . . Add this volume to your collection. Read these stories out loud. They are magic. Each will tingle and transform you in unexpected and joyous ways --The Iowa Source, Oct. 1997In Iowa writer Mary Helen Stefaniak's new book, "Self Storage and Other Stories," the familiar world is both funnier and sadder than it seems. . . .These nine stories make the reader take a sharper look at the mundane. They'll also make you laugh-sometimes out loud.Stefaniak's very readable, too. She writes clearly, without ponderous words or unnecessarily complex sentences.....Putting the tragic and the comic cheek-to-jowl like that is Stefaniak's gift. It's a wonderful one for her readers --Kalamazoo Gazette, Nov. 4, 1997