Big Girl

Each story takes just 15 minutes to read, but some will stay with you forever.
These eight stories are funny, clever, knowing - but above all, memorable. Most are about men and boys behaving badly from - what they tell themselves, and us - are the best of intentions. More

Each story takes just 15 minutes to read, but some will stay with you forever.
These eight stories are funny, clever, knowing - but above all, memorable. Most are about men and boys behaving badly from - what they tell themselves, and us - are the best of intentions. You be the judge.

The eight stories:

“Big Girl” - “She was the most beautiful girl in our school, and no one asked her out.”

“The Photograph” - “You’ll want to know about Jake’s evening gown and his death…”

“Tag Sale” - “My neighbor, Hyman Skolnick. A piece of work.”

“The Stove” - At the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, four twelve year olds dress up as Fidel Castros and trick-or-treat the neighborhood’s haunted house. What could go wrong?

“Civics Lesson” - Why would a pillar of the community place an obscene statue on his front lawn?

“The Hill” - “When you are thirteen, everything fragile is the enemy.”

“Lake Moriah” - “The books all lie - people drown because the water changes on them.”

“Getel” - “I never saw the Cossacks or my father again.”