Beautiful Girl: Stories

Beautiful Girl: Stories by Alice Adams. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780671832186.

With appearances in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, and Redbook, as well as in the O. Henry Award collections for eight consecutive years, Alice Adams had established herself as a master craftsman of the short story when she published her first collection. Her well-honed skill is on abundant display in this collection of 16 wonderful stories that encompass a wide range of mood and situation. All are linked in the delicacy and ease of their unfolding, and in the certitude of their revelations, and in the consistency of their theme: Love. Contents: Verlie I Say Unto You Are You in Love? Alternatives Winter Rain Gift of Grass Ripped Off The Swastika on Our Door A Jealous Husband Flights Beautiful Girl Home Is Where A Pale and Perfectly Oval Moon Attrition Roses, Rhododendron What Should I Have Done? For Good