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Stories from a lost American classic "in the same arena as Alice Munro" — Lydia Davis"In the field of short fiction, Lucia Berlin is one of America's best kept secrets. That's it. Flat out. No mitigating conditions." — Paul Metcalf A Manual for Cleaning Women compiles the best work of the legendary short-story writer Lucia Berlin. With her trademark blend of humor & melancholy, Berlin crafts miracles from the everyday--uncovering moments of grace in the cafeterias & Laundromats of the American Southwest, in the homes of the Northern California upper classes, & from the perspective of a cleaning woman alone in a hotel dining room in Mexico City. The women of Berlin's stories are lost, but they are also strong, clever, & extraordinarily real. They are hitchhikers, hard workers, bad Christians. With the wit of Lorrie Moore & the grit of Raymond Carver, they navigate a world of jockeys, doctors, & switchboard operators. They laugh, they mourn, they drink. Berlin, a highly influential writer despite having published little in her lifetime, conjures these women from California, Mexico, & beyond. Lovers of the short story will not want to miss this remarkable collection from a master of t

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Author

Stories, Selected

Publisher

Macmillan

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781447294900

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Short Stories

Rating

4.17 / 5 (6,863 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14