In selecting The Lists of the Past as her nomination for reissue, Cheryl Strayed was moved by "the intelligent, emotional depth and breadth" of the stories, all but two of which originally appeared in The New Yorker. Julie Hayden's New York hums with eccentric observation, humor and grit. Her leisurely Connecticut countryside is fresh with tilled soil, distant lapping waves and the summer breeze. Whether describing a child astonished with new perceptions, a distraught woman walking on Fifth Avenue with her concealed liquor flask, or a pair of lovers on a country picnic, her writing is ardent and precise, placing us at the center of her characters' lives and destinies. Her masterful voice and distinctive clarity show us the often concealed ways our pain and joy turn into knowledge.
- ISBN10 0988172593
- ISBN13 9780988172593
- Publish Date 11 November 2014 (first published 29 June 1976)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Dark Coast Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 220
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780988172593