Hot little hands
Subtitle: fiction
By: Abigail Ulman
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780812989175
Subjects: Social life and customs; Women; San Francisco Short stories; Fiction
Work titles: Short stories
Description: "Abigail Ulman's debut is an unflinching exploration of the fragile line between childhood and the adult world. Ulman grounds the stories, set on three different continents, with three stories about a charismatic film-studies major trying to navigate her mid-twenties and the treacherous dating scene in San Francisco. Together Ulman's characters tell the story of all stages of becoming a woman: their collective longing to have the power that maturity can bring and their confusion and disappointment when they finally attain it. Evocative and acutely observed, set mainly San Francisco, about the reality of being a girl today, which manage to be at once mischievous, dignified, and self-deprecating, as well as disturbingly and darkly realistic"--
Table of contents: title: Jewish history --; title: Chagall's wife --; title: The withdrawal method --; title: Warm-ups --; title: Same old same as --; title: The  pretty one --; title: Head to toe --; title: Plus one --; title: Your charm won't help you here.