Thank you Random House and NetGalley for the complimentary digital copy of Show Don’t Tell.
Curtis Sittenfeld is an auto-read author for me, and this was another short story collection that blew me away. She examines the minutiae of everyday life and our inner turmoils with such precision - turning the ordinary into extraordinary with her unique brand of uninhibited storytelling. Most of the narratives revolve around women in their mid 40s/early 50s (Sittenfeld's and my age) and are so identifiable to me, but have ageless themes of love, marriage, friendship, feminism, self awareness, to name a few. As with her other books, characters id's and ego's start to go off the rails and she examines them in a deliciously scandalous way. I couldn't put it down and am beginning to think her short stories are superior to her novels, which I also love!