Honeydew
by Edith Pearlman
Buy on AmazonLike melon and prosciutto, the 20 bittersweet, unconventional love stories in Honeydew are a delectable combination of sweet and salty. Many are set in Godolphin, Mass., Pearlman’s fictional stand-in for Brookline, the Boston suburb that’s home to an educated, multicultural population of professionals — and Pearlman. She writes with wry charm, grace and compassion about people who learn to adjust their expectations and recognize the merits of being “happy enough.” These wise, penetrating stories, a worthy follow-up to Binocular Vision, her award-winning 2011 collection, reaffirm the value of living even as they acknowledge the loss and pain life so often entails.
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"Like melon and prosciutto, the 20 bittersweet, unconventional love stories in Honeydew are a delectable combination of sweet and salty. Many are set in Godolphin, Mass., Pearlman’s fictional stand-in for Brookline, the Boston suburb that’s home to an educated, multicultural population of professionals — and Pearlman. She writes with wry charm, grace and compassion about people who learn to adjust their expectations and recognize the merits of being “happy enough.” These wise, penetrating stories, a worthy follow-up to Binocular Vision, her award-winning 2011 collection, reaffirm the value of living even as they acknowledge the loss and pain life so often entails."
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