WorksIn Envy Country: Stories
"Meticulously observed, with sentences that will make you stop and go back for another look.” — Ehud Havazelet "A wonderful, intimate feel, as though the narrator is whispering in our ear at the start of each one, ‘You won’t believe what I heard.’ - Elizabeth Strout "Subtlety, intelligence, and sly wit.” — Brian Morton "Unusual wit, sophistication and psychological insight; reading these pages is a pleasure.” - Margot Livesey "The uneasy balance of power between male and female binds this sharp collection . . . Frank works every aspect of these stories with relentless energy, and readers will be sure to pay attention." - Publishers Weekly "[B]itingly ironic, provocative scenes of contemporary life, so complete that they will satisfy readers who typically grab 400-page novels . . . The art of these stories is in their telling . . . Frank hits precisely the right note. Often, the stories are funny . . . perceptive . . . wise." - The Boston Globe: The Great Far Away
Northern California Book Award in Fiction Nominee. "An exquisitely beautiful--and honest and sad--elegy for a generation ... may well become the accepted memorial to a peculiarly American experiment, yet rises to mirror all our lives." - Rosa Shand "Engaging and generous ... lyrical and passionate." - Chuck Wachtel "A compact, bittersweet tale capturing the essence of carefree youth and lost innocence." - Publishers Weekly "Compassionate and tough wisdom ... brilliantly portrays what disintegrates and what endures." - Kevin McIlvoy Miss Kansas City: A Novel
Michigan Literary Fiction Award. “A braided exploration of relationships in our time. With precision, wit, and compassion, Joan Frank provides us with an odyssey into the heart—a gorgeous meditation.” –Laura Kasischke “An utterly convincing portrait...at once specific, yet also universal.” –Eileen Pollack “An assured first novel by an irrepressibly talented writer.” –Robert Birnbaum, San Francisco Chronicle
Boys Keep Being Born: Stories
“Wonderfully constructed, Joan Frank’s stories are deeply moving and written with great grace and wit.” –Stephen Dobyns “Witty, light, philosophical and meditative by turns. Frank investigates a serious set of problems, and keeps pressing on them until they open up to the universal.” –Trudy Lewis “Thoroughly delightful and satisfying.” –Margot Livesey |
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