Show Don't Tell

Stories

By: Curtis Sittenfeld

Narrated by: Michael Crouch, Curtis Sittenfeld, George Newbern, Xe Sands, Emily Rankin, Nicole Lewis, Kristen Sieh

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of Eligible and Romantic Comedy “blends acerbic wit, shrewd insight and sharp-eyed observation [in this] bravura collection” (The Washington Post), including a story that revisits the main character from her iconic novel Prep

“Each of these witty, intelligent stories is a slice of modern life.”—People

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice • A DENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

In her second story collection, Sittenfeld shows why she’s as beloved for her short fiction as she is for her novels. In these dazzling stories, she conjures up characters so real that they seem like old friends, laying bare the moments when their long held beliefs are overturned.

In “The Patron Saints of Middle Age,” a woman visits two friends she hasn’t seen since her divorce. In “A for Alone,” a married artist embarks on a creative project intended to disprove the so-called Mike Pence Rule, which suggests that women and men can’t spend time alone together without lusting after each other. And in “Lost but Not Forgotten,” Sittenfeld gives readers of her novel Prep a window into the world of her beloved character Lee Fiora, decades later, when Lee attends an alumni reunion at her boarding school.

Hilarious, thought-provoking, and full of tenderness for her characters, Sittenfeld’s stories peel back layer after layer of our inner lives, keeping us riveted to the page with her utterly distinctive voice.

Not impressed

I found Show Don’t Tell to be over the top in analyzing race relations , privilege, gender concerns and other controversial issues. I have no problem reading about such topics but by the time I finished the book I thought the author was pushing topics for some ulterior reason. I enjoyed the last story in the collection.

Love Curtis

I loved all the stories!! Maybe Curtis shouldn’t haven’t narrated the last story. There were too few pauses between sentences and a bit of vocal fry. Other narrators were great!

Always a pleasure

She is a wonderful chronicler of our modern life. Great readers; it is a pleasure throughout!

Some were better than others.

Some of the short stories were better than others. Not inclined to purchase short stories again.

Irritating Narrator

Stories were good. The narrator of Lost But Not Forgotten was difficult for me to even listen to.
Her voice was flat, and she came across as totally bored!