A divorced woman visits old friends, an artist tests a rule about men and women alone, a graduate returns to her boarding school. Curtis Sittenfeld's second collection catches people as settled ideas give way.

Readical Key Points

• Curtis Sittenfeld's second story collection, after You Think It, I'll Say It
• Includes "Lost but Not Forgotten," which returns to Lee Fiora, the narrator of her novel Prep
• Stories of marriage, friendship, divorce, aging, fame and art
• Paperback, 336 pages, Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2026

Across the collection, characters reconnect with old friends, weigh long marriages, revisit their school years and watch fame change the people around them. Many of them are in middle age, settled into careers and marriages and quietly taking stock, and the humor comes from close social observation in the manner of a comedy of manners.

This is the paperback edition. It suits readers of Sittenfeld's novels, readers of contemporary literary fiction about marriage and friendship, and anyone who likes a story that can be finished in one sitting. These are not stories of catastrophe. They are stories of adjustment, told with a straight face and a good deal of wit.

About the Author

Curtis Sittenfeld is the New York Times bestselling author of novels including Prep, American Wife, Eligible, Rodham and Romantic Comedy. Her stories have appeared in The New Yorker and The Best American Short Stories, which she guest-edited in 2020.

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