<<The>> folly of loving life stories

Following Her Acclaimed Novels Clown Girl And The Stud Book, Monica Drake Presents Her Long-awaited First Collection Of Stories. The Folly Of Loving Life Features Linked Stories Examining An Array Of Characters At Their Most Vulnerable And Human, Often Escaping To Somewhere Or Trying To Find Stability In Their Own Place. These Stories Display The Best Of What We Love About Monica's Writing-the Sly Laugh-out-loud Humor, The Sharp Observations, The Flawed But Strong Characters, And The Shadowy Van Sant-ish Portland Settings--page 4 Of Cover. Dearest Dear: Letter In A Culvert -- The Arboretum -- Referee -- Neighborhood Notes: Art Show -- Mustard -- Miss America Has A Plan -- Neighborhood Notes: Bottoms Up -- See You Later, Fry-o-later -- Neighborhood Notes: Used Goods -- Throw A Frisbee In The Park -- Honeymooning -- The First Normal Man -- Neighborhood Notes: Sing-a-long -- Help Wanted -- The Folly Of Loving Life -- Models I Know -- Neighborhood Notes: Reverse Mortgage -- Neighborhood Notes: Rewind -- S.t.d. Demon -- Neighborhood Notes: Light Sleepers. Monica Drake. Publisher Comments Following her acclaimed novels Clown Girl and The Stud Book, Monica Drake presents her long-awaited first collection of stories. The Folly of Loving Life features linked stories examining an array of characters at their most vulnerable and human, often escaping to somewhere or trying to find stability in their own place. These stories display the best of what we love about Monicas writing the sly laugh-out-loud humor, the sharp observations, the flawed but strong characters, and the shadowy Van Sant-ish Portland settings.