From “Do The Windows Open?” by Julie Hecht. For several years I was afraid to ride the South Fork Bus. Then one day I rode it. The day itself was over, since I couldn’t get my courage up for the afternoon bus to New York, but I did make it to the 7. P. M. For one year I had driven myself back and forth from East Hampton to New York. · An excerpt from Do the Windows Open? ABOUT JULIE HECHT. Born in Manhattan, Julie Hecht has been writing stories since she was eight years old. Her fiction has appeared in The New Yorker and Harper's, and she has won an O. Henry Prize. She now lives in East Hampton in the winter and Massachusetts in the summer. Praise "Breathtakingly funny. Ms. Hecht is a brilliant comic writer. ISBN Do the Windows Open? was a light-hearted, amusing and imaginative read; one could easily imagine having panic attacks while riding on a bus from Manhattan to the Hamptons with a load of strangers. To pass time during the long trip via the Long Island Espressway, (scary in itself), Hecht assigns imaginary personalities and lifestories to fellow bltadwin.ru by: 1.
From "Do The Windows Open?" by Julie Hecht. For several years I was afraid to ride the South Fork Bus. Then one day I rode it. The day itself was over, since I couldn't get my courage up for the afternoon bus to New York, but I did make it to the 7. P. M. For one year I had driven myself back and forth from East Hampton to New York. Period. —. Genre. fiction. Notable works. Do the Windows Open? () The Unprofessionals () Julie Hecht is a contemporary American fiction writer specializing in interlacing short stories. Do the Windows Open? is a smashing debut by short-story writer Julie Hecht. Bound together by the insight and wit of her neurotic narrator, Hecht's short stories document the mania of the modern day in devastating detail. Hecht's narrator, a forty-something photographer, moves through the world burdened by the mundane and tawdry incidentals of.
Julie Hecht is a contemporary American fiction writer specializing in interlacing short stories. She is best known for her book "Do the Windows Open?," a series of short stories some of which first appeared independently in The New Yorker. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. Author interviews, book reviews and lively book commentary are found here. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. Do the Windows Open? is a smashing debut by short-story writer Julie Hecht. Bound together by the insight and wit of her neurotic narrator, Hecht's short stories document the mania of the modern day in devastating detail.
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