Nine Simple Patterns For Complicated Women (The Northwest Collection) - 9781955593052

A woman sewing a dress for her anniversary night out finds herself presiding over her young daughters as they cut apart their own clothes. A four year old boy going earnestly about the business of being a four year old boy is perplexed as to why his behavior seems to have dramatic effects on his mother. An elementary school volunteer learns about a role-playing card game from a young boy and then sees the roles play out in her own home. Over the course of these nine stories, Mary Rechner brings a frank, humorous, and ultimately illuminating narrative voice to the subjects of sex, marriage, family, and work. The patient, uncompromising work of a writer who has carefully observed the moments of possibility and peril that appear--and that we often deliberately seek--in the journey from youth to adulthood, Nine Simple Patterns for Complicated Women marked Rechner's arrival as a significant new voice in contemporary fiction.

• | Author: Mary Rechner
• | Publisher: Northwest Collection
• | Publication Date: May 16, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 134 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1955593051
• | ISBN-13: 9781955593052