"These beautifully crafted fictions seem like the offspring of the perfect marriage of style and substance. Eugenides’s personal and passionately partisan choices.., are eclectic and original This collection makes us remember how powerful and essential the best short stories are."
--Francine Prose, O, The Oprah Magazine
"The mix chosen by Eugenides is wonderful It is a bigger thrill to realize that however painful the heartbreak, love offers real rewards--and these stories are among them."
--Los Angeles Times