Paula Bomer
Paula Bomer grew up in South Bend, Indiana. Her fiction has appeared in Open City, The MississippiReview, Fiction, New York Tyrant and elsewhere. Baby (Word Riot Press 2010) is her first collection. Her 1st novel, 9 months, is forthcoming at Soho Press in 2012.
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Baby
In 10 raw and angry stories, Bomer flays the idea of happy little families, givingreaders an assortment of emasculated and discarded husbands; brooding, unfulfilled wives; and the poor children–destined for therapy–unlucky enough to bind them. (…) Bomer’s characters spew many ungracious thoughts, but these are forthright, hilarious, and honest (…). This lacerating take on marriage and motherhood is not one to share with the Mommy and Me group.“
Publishers Weekly
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“A worthy, if challenging, entry into the genre of transgressional fiction.” Kirkus Reviews
„Words like ‘tough’ and ‘honest’ don’t quite do justice to the fiction of Paula Bomer. These stories bleed, yes, but that’s because they brawl. The real housewives of Bomerworld break themselves and break your heart and yet never completely lose their soulful dignity.”
Sam Lypsite, author of The Ask
“I love that Paula Bomer writes her characters into difficult situations and does terrible things to them. These stories contain a rare emotional honesty and brutality.”
Michael Kimball, author of Dear Everybody
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Paula Bomer, Baby
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