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    Don't Kiss Me: Stories
    Don't Kiss Me: Stories
    Don't Kiss Me: Stories
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    Don't Kiss Me: Stories

    By Lindsay Hunter

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    An explosive story collection from a bold, blistering new voice

    With broken language, deep vernacular, unexpectedly fierce empathy, and a pace that'll break your granny's neck, Lindsay Hunter lures, cajoles, and wrenches readers into the wild world of Don't Kiss Me.
    Here you'll meet Peggy Paula, who works the late shift at Perkin's and envies the popular girls who come in to eat french fries and brag about how far they let the boys get with them. You'll meet a woman in her mid-thirties pining for her mean-spirited, abusive boyfriend, Del, a nine-year-old who is in no way her actual boyfriend. And just try to resist the noir story of a reluctant, Afrin-addled detective.
    Self-loathing, self-loving, and otherwise trapped by their own dumb selves, these characters make one cringe-worthy mistake after another. But for each bone-headed move, Hunter delivers a surprising moment that chokes you up as you peer into what seemed like deep emptiness and discover a profound longing for human understanding. It's the collision of these moments that make this a powerful, alive book.
    The stories of Don't Kiss Me are united by Hunter's singular voice and unflinching eye. By turns crass and tender, heartbreaking and devastatingly funny, her stories expose a world full of characters seemingly driven by desperation, but in the end, they're the ones who get the last laugh. Hunter is at the forefront of the boldest, most provocative writers working now.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateJul 2, 2013
    ISBN9780374710118
    Don't Kiss Me: Stories
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    Lindsay Hunter

    Lindsay Hunter is the author of the story collections Don’t Kiss Me and Daddy’s and the novels Ugly Girls and Eat Only When You're Hungry, a finalist for the 2017 Chicago Review of Books Fiction Award. Originally from Florida, she now lives in Chicago with her husband, sons, and dogs.

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      Hunter's writing is exciting and breathless in some stories, yet grotesque and often unbearable in others. She writes about the ugly side(s)of life, of nobodies, of women's worlds, of strange fates. There were honestly some stories that rivaled the grossest of Chuck Palahniuk's oeuvre (not a compliment). A collection of mostly staccato pieces that resulted in a constant readjustment of my expectations.

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