Fools is a collection of short stories by Joan Silber. I'm not generally a fan of short stories, as they always leave me wanting more and I find it is the rare writer who is accomplished at writing in this format. Silber is one of them.
This is a great collection of seemingly simple stories about ordinary people going about their lives. There is the daughter of missionaries who grows up to be an anarchist, and in later stories we meet her daughters. I loved how the characters overlapped and Silber was able to weave the tales seamlessly, with great emotional depth.
One of the better collections of short stories that I have read.
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