O Careless Love: Stories and a Novella

By Susan Dodd

Book Overview

Weather they are on the lookout or on the lam, love is what maps their migration. An eccentric endodontist repairs a patient's freshly broken heart while performing a root canal. A Haitian woman charms snakes into keeping her company in an urban cave as she safeguards her grandchildren's sleep. A shy illustrator subsists through a long Vermont winter on occasional glimpses of a man in a blue pickup truck. Susan Dodd, the acclaimed author of The Mourners' Bench explores the multifarious and otherworldly nature of love's in this shimmering collection of short stories. In settings ranging from a desolate island in winter to a broken-down city bus at rush hour, Dodd shows us love's unlikely -- and often inconvenient -- landings 'in these ten diverse and uncommon stories.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688177735
• ISBN13: 9780688177737
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

This is a book that will reach your soul.

If this book doesn't reach your soul, then you don't have one. The stories contain beautifully drawn charactors we all can relate to. Dodd has a natural talent that has obviously been well-honed.

The New York Times loved this book! Read on!

Please read what the New York Times Book Review truly said about Susan Dodd's collection, which received a boxed review: "In Susan Dodd's new book, O Careless Love, love sometimes fails the characters but it always reigns supreme among their preoccupations..One of the stories, "Lokey Man," contains the most breathtaking courtship scene I've ever read.

Kirkus blows it again

This is one of the finest books I have read in years. Dodd has a remarkable sense of her characters that shines through in each story. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Beautiful work.