We live in water
"We Live in Water, the first collection of short fiction from New York Times bestselling author Jess Walter, is a suite of diverse, often comic stories about personal struggle and diminished dreams, all of them marked by the wry wit and generosity of spirit that has made him one of our most talked-about writers. In "Thief," a blue-collar worker turns unlikely detective to find out which of his kids is stealing from the family vacation fund. In "We Live in Water," a lawyer returns to a corrupt North Idaho town to find the father who disappeared thirty years earlier. In "Anything Helps," a homeless man has to "go to cardboard" to raise enough money to buy his son the new Harry Potter book. In "Virgo," a local newspaper editor tries to get back at his superstitious ex-girlfriend by screwing with her horoscope. And the collection's final story transforms slyly from a portrait of Walter's hometown into a moving contemplation of our times."--from cover, p. [4]
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“The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power,” by Shoshana Zuboff “The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company,” by William Dalrymple “Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee,” by Casey Cep “Girl, Woman, Other,” by Bernardine Evaristo (Booker Prize winner) “The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America From 1890 to the Present,” by David Treuer “How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy,” by Jenny Odell “Lost Children Archive,” by Valeria Luiselli “Lot: Stories,” by Bryan Washington “Normal People,” by Sally Rooney “The Orphan Master’s Son,” by Adam Johnson “The Yellow House,” by Sarah M. Broom (National Book Award winner, nonfiction) “Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland,” by Patrick Radden Keefe “Solitary,” by Albert Woodfox “The Topeka School,” by Ben Lerner “Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion,” by Jia Tolentino “Trust Exercise,” by Susan Choi (National Book Award winner, fiction) “We Live in Water: Stories,” by Jess Walter - 1. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, by Shoshana Zuboff
https://www.worldcat.org/title/age-of-surveillance-capitalis...
2. The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company, by William Dalrymple
https://www.worldcat.org/title/anarchy-the-relentless-rise-o...
3. Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee, by Casey Cep
https://www.worldcat.org/title/furious-hours-murder-fraud-an...
4. Girl, Woman, Other, by Bernardine Evaristo (Booker Prize winner)
https://www.worldcat.org/title/girl-woman-other/oclc/1127909...
5. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America From 1890 to the Present, by David Treuer
https://www.worldcat.org/title/heartbeat-of-wounded-knee-nat...
6. How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy, by Jenny Odell
https://www.worldcat.org/title/how-to-do-nothing-resisting-t...
7. Lost Children Archive, by Valeria Luiselli
https://www.worldcat.org/title/lost-children-archive/oclc/11...
8. Lot: Stories, by Bryan Washington
https://www.worldcat.org/title/lot-stories/oclc/1128099233
9. Normal People, by Sally Rooney
https://www.worldcat.org/title/normal-people/oclc/1119769689
10. The Orphan Master’s Son, by Adam Johnson
https://www.worldcat.org/title/orphan-masters-son-a-novel/oc...
11. The Yellow House, by Sarah M. Broom (National Book Award winner, nonfiction)
https://www.worldcat.org/title/yellow-house/oclc/1122461200
12. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland, by Patrick Radden Keefe
https://www.worldcat.org/title/say-nothing-a-true-story-of-m...
13. Solitary, by Albert Woodfox
https://www.worldcat.org/title/solitary/oclc/1105720325
14. The Topeka School, by Ben Lerner
https://www.worldcat.org/title/topeka-school/oclc/1126252713
15. Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion, by Jia Tolentino
https://www.worldcat.org/title/trick-mirror-reflections-on-s...
16. Trust Exercise, by Susan Choi (National Book Award winner, fiction)
https://www.worldcat.org/title/trust-exercise/oclc/111435376...
17. We Live in Water: Stories, by Jess Walter
https://www.worldcat.org/title/we-live-in-water-stories/oclc...
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