Show Don't Tell by Curtis Sittenfeld
In this compulsive collection of twelve witty stories, Sittenfeld shows why sheās as beloved for her short fiction as she is for her novels, as she conjures up characters so real that they seem like old friends.
In āThe Patron Saints of Middle Age,ā a woman visits two friends she hasnāt seen since her divorce. In āA for Alone,ā a married artist embarks on a project intended to disprove the so-called Mike Pence Rule, which suggests that women and men canāt spend time alone together without lusting after each other. And in āLost but Not Forgotten,ā Sittenfeld gives readers of her novelĀ PrepĀ a new window into the world of her beloved character Lee Fiora, decades later, when Lee attends an awkward school reunion.
Witty, confronting and full of tenderness, Sittenfeld peels back layer after layer of our inner lives, keeping us riveted to the page with her utterly distinctive voice.
- Format:
- Paperback / softback
- 320 pages
- Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Imprint: Penguin (Transworld)
- ISBN: 9781804993804
- Published: 19 Feb 2026
- Classifications:
- Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945),
- Short stories
- Weight: 222g
- Dimensions: 127 x 197 x 22Ā (mm)
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