Minneapolis Star Tribune
October 18, 2009
Capturing life’s quiet crises and complexities
It’s the first collection in eight years from Jill McCorkle. Each of the 11 stories in “Going Away Shoes” is a variation on a theme: dissatisfied women, underappreciated by their families or lovers.
By KIM SCHMIDT, Special to the Star Tribune
Since her publishing debut in 1984 (when her first two novels published on the same day), Jill McCorkle has been lauded as one of her generation’s most cherished writers of fiction. Her newest collection is her first in eight years, and while at times it is regrettably uneven, it definitely hits some high notes.
Each of the 11 stories in “Going Away Shoes” is a variation on a theme: dissatisfied women, underappreciated by their families or lovers.
Mothers who have lost children. Children who begrudgingly care for mothers. It is a bleak collection, relying heavily on reflection and characters’ internal dialogue.
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