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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
… More »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 collections final story transforms slyly from a portrait of Walters hometown into a moving contemplation of our times.
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Add a CommentThese stories were entertaining and insightful. They are told largely from the viewpoint of men down on their luck but trying to survive. The dialogue between the characters is entertaining and funny but also realistic. I love the last narrative, which is not really a story but more of a testament about finally embracing where you come from.
I am not a lover of short stories, but I read this as a challenge to read something out of my comfort zone. Since I had already read and enjoyed The Beautiful Ruins, I thought this would be a good choice. I was pleasantly surprised to find that I liked every story in the book, especially the first one about the homeless man, and could easily have read more. The book is quite a skinny little thing and could be read in a day by someone with a will to do so.