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Publisher ‏ : ‎ RANDOM HOUSE UK (August 1, 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1529112893
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1529112894
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.7 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.08 x 0.67 x 7.8 inches

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Emma Cline is from California. Her fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Tin House, Granta, and The Paris Review, and she was the winner of the 2014 Plimpton Prize from The Paris Review. Her novel The Girls was a finalist for the First Novel Prize, a National Book Critics Circle Award, and the LA Times Book Prize, and was the winner of the Shirley Jackson Award. In 2017, Granta named her one of the Best Young American Novelists. Her story collection Daddy will be published September 2020.

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Champa

More of the Same

Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2020

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These stories are competently, even stylishly written. But, what's the point? The lives of Cline's well-off white people aren't particularly compelling. The same angst and ennui. The predictable sexual escapades. Haven't we been served up the same fare since the 60s at least? Okay, so these people live in northern California, so that's a little twist. Still. America has gotten a whole lot more interesting with the stories of immigrants and people of color, their lives about more than a little love trouble, and this old shtick about troubled privilege doesn't work anymore.

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Alexandra Goode

Beautifully written

Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2020

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Wonderful sophomore work. Each story has characters so deeply written you won’t want them to end. You will breeze straight through this one, the short story form is addictive.

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JOSHUA S LOCY

Insightful and tender look at family, relationships, and the weight of expectations.

Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2020

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Emma Cline's sensitivity to nuance and small moments of beauty guide her sentences into perfectly constructed stories, revealing characters whose daily lives develop in disquiet and ache. Love is always somewhere else. Pain is just beneath the skin. And Cline has the vision and talent to ensure that her characters' perspectives are always singular and profound.

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RSK

Unlikable

Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2021

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Other than being well written and an easy read, this book is not enjoyable. The characters have zero redeeming qualities and succeed in self-sabotage in many ways. Lacks the depth of human experience.

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Patsy Torrie

Intriguing Short Stories

Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2020

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Varied thought provoking story lines with skilled detailed characters behaving in varied situations and environments. Each story is beautifully written with carefully selected words to quickly hook the reader.

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Rachel Dagny

Feels like something I SHOULD like...

Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2021

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I'm struggling with this book and whether or not to keep it. It feels like a book that I'm supposed to like and appreciate but I just can't get into any of the stories...the writing is good. There is no question about that. I'm just not enjoying the reading.

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Jamie Greene

unique read

Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2021

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great stories very well written each one totally different ..very absorbing sorry book came to an end
recommend...

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Anthony Giancola

Great Short Collection

Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2022

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Turned me around on Emma Cline, and made me really excited to revisit The Girls and watch for what she does next.

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Joshua

Pretentious Hipster Rubbish

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 3, 2021

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I bought this book due to a current enjoyment of short stories. They’ve never appealed to me much before but I thought I’d try something new and I’ve been enjoying the format. However, I started reading this and was extremely disappointed. I understand that short stories are, well… short, and there’s only so much you can do with a story with limited structure but this was just bad. For example, the first story feels like a build up where you get to know basic facts about a family and then out of nowhere it just finishes and we’re on to the next story.
If other authors can structure a beginning, a middle and a conclusion in their short stories I don’t see how this author couldn’t do it. It felt pretentious, something that Instagram readers would read just to sound interesting and different and if the stories were written well enough I wouldn’t mind but don’t buy this book if you’re looking for stories that will make you feel something afterwards. Especially when it cost over £10.

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Jen

Could have been so much more...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 3, 2022

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I bought this book without knowing anything about it, nor having read the authors other work.

At first, I didnt realise it was short stories and presumed the characters overlapped eventually. But then it became apparent these are stand alone stories, mostly about human relationships and difficulties.

Some were good, had some depth, well written, and were enjoyable. However, some were pretty dull and occasionally felt pointless, they didn't start or end anywhere. It was like starting a film 30 mins in and leaving before the end. Just snippets of the characters lives are shown, and, a lot of the time, the characters didn't or couldn't grow.

However, I finished the book as the writing was good, fluid and easy to read. But I don't think it lived up to it's potential.

Rob46

Frustrating

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2021

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There is no doubting the skill of Emma Cline's descriptive writing. However, if you're expecting traditional short 'stories' then you may be disappointed. Only 1 or 2 of these come to anything like a conclusion. I enjoyed The Girls and if you just want to marvel at the prose then go ahead but the selections here read more like exercises in style rather than completed tales.

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Alison D.

Found this book rather odd!,

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 15, 2021

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Couldnt really understand it , or why anyone would bother to write it!, nothing to it at all! Disappointed to say the least!

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Sam

Power imbalances and mystery abound...

Reviewed in Australia on November 29, 2020

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Daddy is a collection of ten short stories, the first collection from Emma Cline. Don’t by fooled by their length, as they pack much more punch than their length suggests. These are quite dark, looking at power imbalances with a lot of things left unsaid. It’s up to the reader to fill in the blanks.

The stories aren’t necessarily happy, although their settings may suggest celebration. One is set at Christmas; another reflects on childhood. Likewise, the characters may appear to be functioning well but they are hiding at least one thing. In one story, a ghost-writer is running from a major scandal that has caused him to change career and ended his relationship. He’s trying his best to hide his past, but ultimately screws up. Another story is about a man whose own career is fading, yet uses his son’s movie premiere to hit up an old friend for money. These characters aren’t always likeable, particularly the men. Some of the female main characters take advantage of the power imbalance with men to try to get ahead. Yet each comes close to failure or humiliation.

Cline writes very well, creating a dark, brooding atmosphere that lurks under sunny California skies. The stories all have an air of mystery, with characters’ past misbehaviours rarely revealed in full. Perhaps this is due to the point of view, some of the characters haven’t realised the problems with their past behaviours (and likely never will). It’s up to the reader to guess at the misdemeanour and the severity through the hints and reactions of the other characters.

My favourites? ‘Son of Friedman’, about the washed-up producer taking advantage of his son’s movie premiere, reeked of desperation and bad decisions. ‘A/S/L’ is a story about a woman in not-quite-rehab, but what is she not quite rehabilitating from? When a celebrity chef comes to the facility, all eyes turn to him and she is desperate to get noticed. I read Daddy as one to two stories a day, just enough to enjoy the style without getting bogged down in the darker storylines.

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