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Going Away Shoes

By Jill McCorkle
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"[A] remarkable collection . . . Bold and addictive, Going Away Shoes is a find." —People

The foibles of the people in Jill McCorkle’s world are so familiar that we want nothing so much as to watch them walk into—and then get out of—life’s inevitable traps. Here, in her first collection in eight years, McCorkle collects eleven brand-new stories bristling with her characteristic combination of wit and weight.

In honeymoon shoes, mud-covered hunting boots, or glass slippers, all of the women in these stories march to a place of new awareness, in one way or another, transforming their lives. They make mistakes, but they don’t waste time hiding behind them. They move on. They are strong. And they’re funny, even when they are sad.

These stories are the work of a great storyteller who knows exactly how—and why—to pair pain with laughter.

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“This book was very odd. Maybe if I was a middle aged divorcée I would relate more to it? A lot of the characters felt very similar and some of the stories even felt like drafts of each other. Maybe that was the point but overall I was bored and definitely wasn’t “laughing out loud” since most of the stories were quite sad. A couple of them really held my attention and felt like they had potential and then were ruined by a strange and abrupt ending. The story was narrated by the woman each time, but I don’t ever feel like it’s about her or I even get to know her. Maybe that’s the point? I think all of the stories could have benefited from a bit of polishing.”
“The last and shortest story "Me and Big Foot" is the only good story and the only reason I kept this book instead of donating it back to the same library I bought it from. All the other short stories are horribly depressing. Divorce, domestic abuse, dying spouses, terminal illnesses and more devastate the lives of all these poor innocent Southern white women and their terrible children. I agree with several of the other readers, this is NOT a funny collection. Not even in the slightest. "Me and Big Foot" has it's funny moments, but it's more a good story because it has an original, non-depressing premise. It's almost like a completely different author wrote it. So would I recommend this? No. Absolutely not. If you see it at a library or in a bookstore take about 12 minutes to read "Me and Big Foot" and then put it right back on the shelf.”
“love the way Ms McCorkle writes. In this short story collection she sees into her character's soul and portrays them in an un-sappy way. A lot of insight, and fun to read.”

About Jill McCorkle

Jill McCorkle published her first two novels on the same day in 1984.  Of these novels, the New York Times Book Review said: "one suspects the author of The Cheer Leader is a born novelist.  With July 7th, she is also a full grown one." Since then she has published five other novels—most recently, Hieroglyphics-- and four collections of short stories. Five of her books have been named New York Times notable books and four of her stories have appeared in Best American Short Stories.  McCorkle has received the New England Booksellers Award, the John Dos Passos Prize for Excellence in Literature, the North Carolina Award for Literature and the Thomas Wolfe Prize; she was recently inducted into the NC Literary Hall of Fame. McCorkle has taught at Harvard, Brandeis and NC State where she remains affiliated with the MFA Program in creative writing and she is core faculty in the Bennington Writing Seminars.
 

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