Women and Children First: Stories

By: Francine Prose

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Synopsis: &“Reading [this book] is like driving down the road with a companion who is so smart and funny and insightful that her conversation transforms the landscape&” (Jane Smiley, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of A Thousand Acres). The twelve &“meticulously observed&” stories of Women and Children First showcase New York Times–bestselling author and National Book Award finalist Francine Prose at her finest—offering a glimpse into the lives of men and women searching for connection and meaning in a world that often seems pre-programmed for absurdity (The New York Times). An adult daughter struggling to understand her father&’s newfound Hasidic faith, an alcoholic trying to improve himself by fasting, a housewife enrolled in the New Consciousness Academy, a French literature professor who&’s begun to fear Madame Bovary, and a young woman seeking direction from a Tibetan master in the company of neurotic, overeager followers—these are the achingly, hilariously real people who inhabit these &“wise and witty&” stories (Minneapolis Star-Tribune).

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