Who I was supposed to be
Subtitle: short stories
By: Susan Perabo.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction
Description: "Behind every face in Who I Was Supposed to Be, Susan Perabo's hilarious debut short story collection, there is something simmering, a singular quirk to explore, a peculiarity to celebrate.

In the world of her fiction, nothing can be taken for granted, and there is no such thing as the run of the mill: here, a retired grocer takes up jewel theft in his twilight years; a data processor squanders her inheritance on a gown from Princess Diana's collection; a mugging victim, newly separated from his wife, feigns amnesia to win back her love; a teenage pyromaniac finds release in the company of her mother's jilted second husband."--BOOK JACKET.
Table of contents: title: Thick as thieves; title: Counting the ways; title: The greater grace of Carlisle; title: Explaining death to the dog; title: Reconstruction; title: Who I was supposed to be; title: Retirement; title: Gravity; title: The rocks over Kyburz; title: The measure of devotion; title: Some say the world.