Birds of America: Stories

By Lorrie Moore

Categories: Literature & Fiction

Birds of America (1998) by Lorrie Moore is a collection of twelve short stories. Its characters, many of them women in middle age, cope with loneliness, failing relationships, illness and the oddities of American life. Among the stories is "People Like That Are the Only People Here," about parents whose baby is diagnosed with cancer, and the book blends sharp humor with grief.

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• Margaret Atwood: “Shall it be Alice Munro, Mavis Gallant, or one of a large number of younger practitioners, such as "Birds of America" story writer Lorrie Moore, or Kelly Link ("Get in Trouble"), or Lynn Coady ("Hellgoing")?”