The state we're in : Maine stories

From a multiple prize-winning master of the short form: a stunning collection of brand-new, linked stories that perfectly capture the zeitgeist through the voices of vivid and engaging women from adolescence to old age. "We build worlds for ourselves wherever we go," writes Ann Beattie. The State We're In , her magnificent new collection of linked stories, is about how we live in the places we have chosen-or been chosen by. It's about the stories...