Life and Other Shortcomings

Featuring 12 stories about women in various cities and eras, each share a connection to one another. And you're along for the journey as they reveal certain truths about the female experience. It's an anthem, and also a cry for change.

A compelling collection that captures the mystery and menace beneath love and family life.

Corie Adjmi has a flair for dramatizing scenes. She homes in on the killer moment, and her dialogue is so honest that I was cringing at times... It is just so vivid.

Corie Adjmi's stories are sharply written, unsparing, and spot-on. With wisdom and humanity, Life and Other Shortcomings plumbs the mysteries of adult life: the menacing underside of love, the protean nature of grief, and the baffling difficulty of staying true to ourselves and the things we value most. Assured in her storytelling, Adjmi writes with force and perception. Her stories are a must-read.

All that glitters is not gold in Corie Adjmi's wonderful short story collection Life and Other Shortcomings. Adjmi exposes the fear, envy, and yearning that simmer just beneath the surface of her characters' beautiful lives. Her writing is both elegant and powerful. I was hooked from the first page to the last.

Pitch perfect and very haunting, Life and Other Shortcomings is a true delight. Adjmi's interlocking stories are as funny as they are tragic. Her characters are so real and relatable, you'll find yourself rooting for them, even as they get into trouble. Adjmi is a great new talent.

We're all familiar with the happy parts of relationships, we've been raised on them, but Life and Other Shortcomings gets into the nitty-gritty of what comes over time... Corie Adjmi doesn't shy away from the bitterness of real life.

Among the women of these stories are dutiful housewives, devoutly religious women, insecure teenagers, and many other colorful characters. Pop culture references peppered throughout - including nostalgic callbacks to Dr. Scholl's sandals, Swanson's Frozen Dinners, Star Trek, and The Brady Bunch - only add to the realism and heart of the book. These stories are full of drama, humor, descriptive language, and insight, and they make for a very enjoyable read. Adjmi subtly, but so perceptively, unfolds the characters' private fears, hopes, and dreams, zeroing in on how a single experience or event can change a life.

I'm in love with this book. It is just so good. It's real and definitely something that makes you feel like you've been heard and you have a friend.

Corie Adjmi's linked short stories tell of the heartaches and difficulties of growing up — physically and spiritually — as a woman in a patriarchal society. Wonderful writing!

Poignant, laugh-out-loud funny, and unnerving all at once. This collection is replete with emotionally charged, compassionate, true to life characters. Stories come together to create layer over layer of veiled emotional and psychological complexity.

Twelve accounts bear witness to the female experience, and how the choices we make look differently depending on when and where we live. As a whole, the collection illustrates the influence of patriarchy, especially so before the #MeToo movement.

A Travel Must-Read.

Honest portrayal of women in a patriarchal world.

Life and Other Shortcomings is a slice of life literary work full of lessons that need to be shared today. These stories are so honest and relatable, it hurts.

Life and Other Shortcomings is both a cautionary tale and a captivating window into women's lives. An honest, incisive, and compelling portrayal of the female experience.

When you're tird of binge-watching Netflix, this collection is an honest cautionary tale about the female experience.

Twelve stories highlight very different women and their journeys. Take a peek into these women's lives and into their relationships.

Take a break from reality and relax with a great new book.