The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac: Stories

The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac: StoriesBrilliant, dark stories of womens lives by a very major talent (Joseph OConnor, Irish Times) In these visceral, stunningly crafted stories by the author of the much acclaimed Trespasses, womens lives are etched by povertymaterial, emotional, sexualbut also splashed by beauty, sometimes even joy, as they search for the good in the cards theyve been dealt. A wife is abandoned by her new husband in a derelict housing estate, with blood on her hands. An

spare prose

Interesting Facts about Space effortlessly shows us the power of revealing our secret shames

His desire to cross pawns again

slow-burn romance by the author of Ready or Not

and the best friendships that get us through it all” (Candace Bushnell

the dawdling youngest daughter

This deluxe edition of a modern classic includes a foreword by the author

and redemption that follows three generations of Russian women

who she keeps running into—sometimes literally—in unfortunate ways

Lydia’s life comes unglued

the New Yorker

While Conrad has not gotten over the mistake of letting Belly go