Wifeshopping: Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780547053653)

Wifeshopping centers on the ultimate human quest: the search for companionship, love, and understanding. These captivating stories feature American men, love-starved and striving, who try and often fail to connect with the women they imagine could be their wives. Some of the women are fianc馥s, some are new girlfriends, some are strangers who cross the men's paths for only a few hours or moments.
In "Beaching It," an artist traveling on the summer circuit begins an affair with a rich, married local. In "Me and Paul," a lonely traveler adopts an alter ego to help him impress a single mother. In "Bill," a trip to a flea market highlights the essential differences between a man and his fianc馥. Throughout this thoroughly entertaining read, Wingate's sympathetic characterizations reveal both the hopefulness and the heartache behind our earnest but sometimes misguided attempts at intimacy.

Author: Steven Wingate
ISBN-10: 0547053657
ISBN-13: 9780547053653
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Language: English
Published: 07/01/2008
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.48w x 0.55d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/05/2008 pg. 44
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2008 pg. 456