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Show Don't Tell: Stories Audiobook
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of Eligible and Romantic Comedy “blends acerbic wit, shrewd insight and sharp-eyed observation [in this] bravura collection” (The Washington Post), including a story that revisits the main character from her iconic novel Prep
“Each of these witty, intelligent stories is a slice of modern life.”—People
A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
In her second story collection, Sittenfeld shows why she’s as beloved for her short fiction as she is for her novels. In these dazzling stories, she conjures up characters so real that they seem like old friends, laying bare the moments when their long held beliefs are overturned.
In “The Patron Saints of Middle Age,” a woman visits two friends she hasn’t seen since her divorce. In “A for Alone,” a married artist embarks on a creative project intended to disprove the so-called Mike Pence Rule, which suggests that women and men can’t spend time alone together without lusting after each other. And in “Lost but Not Forgotten,” Sittenfeld gives readers of her novel Prep a window into the world of her beloved character Lee Fiora, decades later, when Lee attends an alumni reunion at her boarding school.
Hilarious, thought-provoking, and full of tenderness for her characters, Sittenfeld’s stories peel back layer after layer of our inner lives, keeping us riveted to the page with her utterly distinctive voice.
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"A bit like sitting down with a good friend who’s about to dish on some major life business…. messy, delicious, spun through with bits of quotable wisdom . . . and complete with endings that will make you sit and think. . . . Showcasing the glory of her characters’ complicated lives and allowing them to speak with voices all their own is a kind of rebellion, and it’s exhilarating."
— The New York Times Book Review
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“Fabulous narrator casting highlights layered human relationships in Curtis Sittenfeld’s 12 short stories, which tackle human complexities…Seven narrators in total create a cohesive listening experience that amplifies the subtleties of relationships in Sittenfeld’s resonant collection. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”
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“[Sittenfeld’s] perfectly contained stories are a joy.”
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“Brilliant…If you’re not into short stories, you’re just reading the wrong ones. Read these.”
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Utterly diverting . . . Sittenfeld’s worldview is more utopian than dystopian; Jane Austen-like, she treats her characters with humanity, even when their actions are cringe-inducing. . . . Sittenfeld is a sharp observer of social mores and an astute judge of character.
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A bravura collection [that] blends acerbic wit, shrewd insight and sharp-eyed observation to explore frustrated lives and the thornier, messier and grittier aspects of human relationships. . . . Expertly crafted and hugely engaging . . . supremely accomplished storytelling.
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Each of these witty, intelligent stories is a slice of modern life, with complications created by finances, race, aging bodies, cooling marriages and growing children.
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Sittenfeld here wraps her comforting fictional embrace around a variety of awkward, uncomfortable topics. . . . You are going to like these stories.
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A hugely entertaining and formidably intelligent tour through the psyche of mostly middle-aged mothers (and a few fathers), moderately content and successful and still yearning for more. Sittenfeld’s prose has astonishing ease, and her fleet, brisk dialogue sparkles with humor and mischief.
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You won't be able to put down Curtis Sittenfeld’s second short story collection. Sittenfeld’s mastery of a comedy of manners remains on display.
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Warm and insightful . . . blends nostalgia and hard-won wisdom through its funny, affectionate stories of middle-aged characters negotiating family and fame.
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Sittenfeld never misses . . . [she] interrogates delightfully topical subjects like ‘the Mike Pence rule,’ postdivorce social dynamics, and monogamy.
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An eclectic collection of stories . . . many featuring beautifully drawn middle-age characters.
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Brilliant . . . If you’re not into short stories, you’re just reading the wrong ones. Read these.
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[Show Don’t Tell] celebrates regular, flawed, complicated people—in other words, all of us. . . . You’ll want to get this poignant and hilarious collection into the hands of everyone you know.
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A funny and poignant collection of stories about marriage, friendship, fame and art . . . Witty and moving, Show Don’t Tell is Sittenfeld at her best.
— PureWow -
Sittenfeld’s fiction is perennially inhalable—smart, barbed, and wickedly funny.
— Lit Hub
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Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
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About Curtis Sittenfeld
Curtis Sittenfeld is the author of New York Times bestselling books and short story collections that have been translated into thirty languages and twice selected as Reese’s Book Club picks. Her stories have also appeared in the New Yorker, The Atlantic, and The Best American Short Stories.
About the Narrators
Michael Crouch is an actor based in New York City. His audiobook narration has won the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration, numerous Earphones Awards from AudioFile magazine, and Best of the Year accolades from Booklist, School Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly. He can also be heard on national commercials, cartoons, video games, and the animé series Pokémon XY and Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V.
Nicole Lewis is a voice artist and Earphones Award–winning narrator.
George Newbern is an Earphones Award–winning narrator and a television and film actor best known for his roles as Brian MacKenzie in Father of the Bride and Father of the Bride Part II, as well as Danny in Friends. As a voice actor, he is notable for his role as Superman on the Cartoon Newtork series Static Shock, Justice League, and Justice League Unlimited. He has guest starred on many television series, including Scandal, The Mentalist, Private Practice, CSI: Miami, and Numb3rs. He holds a BA in theater arts from Northwestern University.
Emily Rankin is an audio narrator and winner of two AudioFile Earphones Awards.
Xe Sands has more than a decade of experience bringing stories to life through narration, performance, and visual art, including recordings of the Nightwalkers series from Jaquelyn Frank. She has received several honors, including AudioFile Earphones Awards and a coveted Audie Award, and she was named Favorite Debut Romance Narrator of 2011 in the Romance Audiobooks poll.
Kristen Sieh is a voice and television actress. She has appeared on such television shows as Law & Order and Boardwalk Empire. She has also narrated several audio books.