Mr. Right is Dead: A Short Novel and Five StoriesThe title novella centers on a call girl with "a heart of gold," who acquires lovers and money with her innocent charm, and closes with "Rima The Bird Girl," about a woman who assumes a new identity each time she has an affair. Each story carries its own unique and engaging voice; altogether they are about women looking for self-fulfillment and salvation through lovers, money, and fleeting worldly pleasures. Mr. Right Is Dead is about those searching desperately for "the best of everything" and learning a great deal about love, and its falsities, along the way |
Contents
Mr Right Is Dead | 9 |
Guess Who This | 93 |
Love Me Love My | 123 |
Copyright | |
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