Author: John O'Brien:

 ISBN 0974619604

The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen & CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's Reviews

This is a first book from a recent Harvard graduate.
These stories deal with real-life subjects, like
depression, love and loneliness. One story looks at
parts of growing up and being a teenager about which
society has a tendency to forget. Another story is
about a man who carries on a friendship/relationship
with a young woman with bulimia, to the displeasure of
his live-in girlfriend. A third story is about a young
writer searching for himself. In short, each of these
characters runs smack into this thing called "life."
These stories look at how they deal with it.

This very short book belongs in that large gray area
of Pretty Good or Worth Reading. There is nothing
"wrong" with these stories, and the writer has lots of
potential (I would be interested in reading his next
book), but this book almost reaches the level of
Recommended.