<p>In this collection of short stories, originally published in 1974, Grace Paley "makes the novel as a form seem virtually redundant" (Angela Carter, <i>London Review of Books</i>). Her stories here capture "the itch of the city, love between parents and children" and "the cutting edge of combat" (Lis Harris, <i>The New York Times Book Review</i>). In this collection of seventeen stories, she creates a "solid and vital fictional world, cross-referenced and dense with life" (Walter Clemons, <i>Newsweek</i>).</p>