Complicated, awkward, funny, cruel, heartbroken, mysterious; Self-Help forms an
idiosyncratic guide to female existence which is just as relevant today as it wa
s 30 years ago. These stories are modern America at its most real, with characte
rs sharing thoughts and experiences they could have borrowed from our own lives.
This is how to deal with divorce, adultery, cancer, how to talk to your mother
or become a writer, the Lorrie Moore way.
