Review:
Antonya Nelson's first novel examines the complexities and ironic inconsistencies of romantic intimacy that she's tackled in her highly acclaimed short stories. Talking in Bed focuses on two married couples on the verge of middle age. Psychologist Evan Cole and his wife Rachel, a lawyer, befriend Paddy (a roofer) and Didi Limbach (a Mormon housewife). The two couples forge an awkward, yet comforting friendship that leads to an affair between Paddy and Rachel. As the dynamics between the characters shift, each tries to keep life from spinning out of control by grasping desperately at love.
About the Author:
Antonya Nelson is the author of three short story collections, The Expendables , which received the Flannery O'Connor Award for short fiction, In the Land of Men , and Family Terrorists . She has won numerous awards and grants, including the PEN/Nelson Algren Award, three PEN Syndicated Fiction Awards, and the Mademoiselle Short Fiction Prize. Her stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, Mademoiselle, and Redbook as well as various literary magazines. She lives in New Mexico and Colorado with her husband, the writer Robert Boswell, and their two children.
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