Some pretty terrific stories with quite awe-inducing sentences. Paley's descriptions and the weaving of her characters' stories in such short bursts are robust; sometimes sad, other times comedic. There were one or two stories I couldn't delve into quite as much - something off with the characters, the unrealistic dialogue. But though the female characters in her stories range from stubborn to wry to self-conscious, I loved them all. There was always something in those characters and their lives worth noting.