The Bed Moved
Stories
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3.8 • 4 Ratings
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- $4.99
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
The audacious, savagely funny debut of a writer of razor-sharp wit and surprising tenderness: a collection of stories that gives us a fresh take on adolescence, death, sex; on being Jewish-ish; and on finding one’s way as a young woman in the world.
A New Yorker, trying not to be jaded, accompanies a cash-strapped pot grower to a “clothing optional resort” in California. A nerdy high-schooler has her first sexual experience at Geology Camp. A college student, on the night of her father’s funeral, watches a video of her bat mitzvah, hypnotized by the image of the girl she used to be . . .
Frank and irreverent, Rebecca Schiff’s stories offer a singular view of growing up (or not) and finding love (or not) in today’s ever-uncertain landscape. In its bone-dry humor, its pithy observations, and its thrilling ability to unmask the most revealing moments of human interaction—no matter how fleeting—The Bed Moved announces a new talent to be reckoned with.
Customer Reviews
Not what I hoped for
Reading the review of "The Bed Moved" in the New York Times, I laughed out loud at three different excerpts. Based on that, I was really looking forward to this book! Unfortunately I found the book was written in a coy, metafiction, sort of modernistic style. I like good old fashioned story-telling prose. I found the style irritating enough to make me lose interest in reading the book at all. I think younger, smarter folks will like her, those who enjoy in-joke wordplay that constantly draws attention to itself.