1.   A story collection looks into the animal spirit that lurks in us all.

2.   A story collection, marked by a robust style, whose title refers to the small, domestic variety of failures.

3.   Great stories, and great story collections, are shape shifters.

4.   In this story collection, Rhoda is a divorced writer with a drinking problem in her past.

5.   Most are story collections.

6.   Robison, the author of two previous novels and three story collections, teaches at the University of Southern Mississippi.

7.   She has since written four more novels and three story collections, five of which were cited as Notable Books by The New York Times.

8.   She has since published four additional story collections and two novels, becoming a favorite on the local book club reading list.

9.   The characters in a story collection by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala seek new lives.

10.   The characters in a story collection find themselves targets from unlikely sources.