Joyce Carol Oats is a masterful short story writer. Her latest collection of fourteen short stories entitled Dear Husband are all little drops of poison. Dark and horrific but never over the top, the stories are a pleasure to read.
In this book she focuses on the American family, bringing a sense of nightmarish reality to the short story that is not seen anywhere else.
In Special, the story of the Christian Zacharis family, the narrative is told by a fifth grade girl who lives in the shadow of her mysteriously retarded sister who has to wear a bright blue helmet to stop her smashing her head against the walls of their home.
Another noteworthy story Cutty Sark follows the life of Kit, a seventeen year old boy estranged from his media-whore mother and vacant neurosurgeon father.
At around 40 dollars the hardback copy is worth every penny.
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